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Ira Lipman Marvin Wolfgang was the greatest criminologist in the United States of America in the last half of the 20th century, if not the entire century. We first met on March 3, 1977, in Philadelphia. I sought him out after his work with Edwin Newman's NBC Reports: Violence in America. He was a tender, loving, caring individual who loved excellence-whether it be an intellectual challenge, the arts or any other pursuit. It is a great privilege to take part in honoring Marvin Wolfgang, a great American. Our approaches to the subject of crime came from different perspectives one as a researcher and the other as the founder of one of the world's largest security services companies. We both wanted to understand the causes of crime, and our discussions began a more than 21-year friendship, based on mutual respect and shared values. Dr. Wolfgang's scholarship aimed for the goal of promoting a safer, more prosperous society, one in which economic opportunity replaced criminal enterprise. He never saw crime in isolation but as part of a complex web of social relations. Only by understanding the causes and patterns of crime can society find ways to prevent it. Only through scholarship can the criminal justice community influence policy makers. To encourage the innovative scholarship that marked Marvin's career, Guardsmark established the Lipman Criminology Library at the University of Pennsylvania, at his request, and created a national criminology award in his name, the Wolfgang Award for Distinguished Achievement in Criminology.
List of contents
Reflections on a Scholarly Career: An Interview with Marvin E. Wolfgang.- II. Crime and Justice at the Millennium.- Subcultures of Violence and Beyond: Theory Integration in Criminology.- Political Violence: Patterns and Trends.- Intimate Partner Violence: The Legacy of Marvin Wolfgang's Thinking.- Social Stress and Violence in Israel: A Macro Level Analysis.- Violence among Russian-Germans in the Context of the Subculture of Violence Theory.- Arrest Clearances for Homicide: A Study of Los Angeles.- Trends and Patterns of Homicide in Australia.- Investigating Race and Gender Differences in Specialization in Violence.- Carrying Guns and Involvement in Crime.- Victim Categories of Crime Revisited.- A Minimum Requirement for Police Corruption.- Community Policing in Canada: An Evaluation for Montreal.- The Wolfgang Legacy on the Intersection of Race and the Death Penalty.- Should the Juvenile Court Survive?.- The Life of Lifers: Wolfgang's Inquiry into the Prison Adjustment of Homicide Offenders.- Truth in Sentencing and Prison Infractions.- III. In His Own Voice: Selected Essays.- In His Own Voice.- Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide.- Seeking an Explanation Marvin.- Violence, U.S.A., Riots and Crime.- The Social Scientist in Court.- Youth Crime: Sumer and Later.- Crime and Punishment in Renaissance Florence.- We Do Not Deserve To Kill.- Of Crimes and Punishment.
Summary
Ira Lipman Marvin Wolfgang was the greatest criminologist in the United States of America in the last half of the 20th century, if not the entire century. We first met on March 3, 1977, in Philadelphia. I sought him out after his work with Edwin Newman's NBC Reports: Violence in America. He was a tender, loving, caring individual who loved excellence-whether it be an intellectual challenge, the arts or any other pursuit. It is a great privilege to take part in honoring Marvin Wolfgang, a great American. Our approaches to the subject of crime came from different perspectives one as a researcher and the other as the founder of one of the world's largest security services companies. We both wanted to understand the causes of crime, and our discussions began a more than 21-year friendship, based on mutual respect and shared values. Dr. Wolfgang's scholarship aimed for the goal of promoting a safer, more prosperous society, one in which economic opportunity replaced criminal enterprise. He never saw crime in isolation but as part of a complex web of social relations. Only by understanding the causes and patterns of crime can society find ways to prevent it. Only through scholarship can the criminal justice community influence policy makers. To encourage the innovative scholarship that marked Marvin's career, Guardsmark established the Lipman Criminology Library at the University of Pennsylvania, at his request, and created a national criminology award in his name, the Wolfgang Award for Distinguished Achievement in Criminology.
