Pat Van Voorhis, Francis Cullen, Fay Taxman, Phil Harris, and Kathleen Heide. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Rosalind. Straus was born in New York City on June 18, 1926, to Samuel and Kathleen (Miller) Straus. He received a major NIJ grant that culminated in a pathbreaking UC Press book (Prescription for Profit: How Doctors Defraud Medicaid), numerous publications in top national and international outlets, and research results that influenced policymaking and law enforcement groups. She will be sorely missed.. Friends may call on Friday, May 17 from 5-8pm at Adams-Green Funeral Home in Herndon, VA. A service celebrating Dr. Mayos life will be held at a later date. Larry, an only child, was born January 7, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts to Dr. Gerhard and Mrs. Ursel Salinger (nee Ehrlich), both originally of Berlin, Germany. Doting Papa Steve to Maks. He is the author of well over 100 books, reports, and articles and his work has fundamentally shaped understanding criminal behavior and the criminal justice system throughout Australia. The award was endowed by Talaricos former students and generated so many contributions that its funds are also used to support public lectures and research funds for students in criminal justice and political science. Jeff also paved the way for a reintegration of the social and biological sciences in the field of Criminology. Police administrators admired the many stands he took, unwilling to compromise his principles. Laura A. Winterfield (1947-2008), 61, a criminologist and senior research associate with the Urban Institute who had also worked at the National Institute of Justice and other policy research agencies, died December 28 of cancer at her home in Columbia, MD. His scholarship was recognized by the Western Society of Criminology Presidents Award in 2003. William lived large and was a proud veteran, passionate teacher, amazing sharp shooter, great guitar player, karate black belt and avid biker who enjoyed life more in one day than many people do in a lifetime. Hans himself sees his career path as more of a cautionary tale, redolent with incidents in which aspirations appeared to have been blunted by obdurate realities and successes proved annoyingly evanescent. Indeed, to the end, he never felt like he achieved all that he could, but it never stopped him trying. The year we turned 50, Helen organized our first no-work event, renting a cabin near Gatlinburg. Don was invited to take on a second faculty position, both developing and teaching in the Criminal Justice arm of the Ph.D. program. Since his passing more than a dozen accolades have been rendered, most posed on the Internet, from institutions where he served, publishers, et al. Als theory explains how the frustration of working class juveniles failing to achieve standards presented to them by a middle class dominated society and school system leads them to reject those standards and middle class authority figures and collectively create an alternative delinquent subculture. Beginning in the 1970s, his surveys established that people were far more likely to be assaulted and injured by members of their own family than they were by strangers, fundamentally changing popular and academic conceptions about crime and crime prevention. He was asked by Judge Sarah Hughes to monitor and consult with the Dallas County, TX jails, which were under Federal Court Jurisdiction. He retired as Emeritus Professor of Sociology in 1997. Chuck will be sorely missed by many. Over the years we shared conference panels and more than a few beers He was a very humorous fellow under that no nonsense cloak he so often wore. He loved the Yankees, standup paddle boarding, traveling, backpacking, skiing and walking our dog, Mickey, in the woods. William was born October 26, 1951 to Berlin and Elsie Pipes Heck of Calhoun, Louisiana. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Ecology from the University of California at Irvine (1981), a Master of Arts in Forensic Studies from Indiana University at Bloomington (1983), and his doctorate in Sociology from Washington State University (1992). Within four years of receiving his doctorate, he would publish two of the works that would help to establish him as one of the 20th centurys most notable figures in sociological criminology. President Jimmy Carter asked Allen Breed to lead the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). He remained dean until 1986. Grex co-authored Techniques of Neutralization with David Matza, published in 1957 by the American Sociological Review. Losing my friend and mentor has been devastating, but I will be forever grateful for the time I was fortunate enough to share with Steve. He was raised by his mother Alma Graef and his grandmother Fanny Graef, and attended Forest Hills High School and Queens College where he studied philosophy. Cherished by his beloved wife, Kathy, son, Robbie, and Robbies wife, Elissa. He also supported his alma mater, Silliman University in the Philippines, with student scholarships, faculty fellowships and grants to broaden and sustain quality education. He was also one of the contributing authors to the American Friends Service Committees influential report Struggle for Justice. Marie went on to earn a Ph.D. in Justice Studies at Arizona State University in 1997, whereupon she was honored to join the faculty of ASUs Administration of Justice Department. Xiaogang was a kind and generous colleague, providing friendship, collaboration, and mentorship, particularly to his sociology colleagues and to fellow Chinese and Asian colleagues across campus. In a situation where criminal policy and the treatment of deviance is influenced by inhumane and ill-founded demands for punishment as revenge, there is a need for a deeper consideration of social knowledge and humanism which is the bearing foundation of Christies work. from Rhode Island College and his Ph.D. in 1978 in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. My favorite story is that Dad lobbied a judge to set a small bail and then paid the bail so the person he arrested didnt have to spend Christmas eve in jail. Michael Buerger (age 70) left us on Christmas morning, 2021, and the world is a sadder place for those of us who knew him. During her career, Winterfield fostered partnerships between researchers, practitioners, and policymakers and worked to improve the criminal justice system through systematic research and policy analysis. He was continuously active as a scientist and as an important voice in the public discourse on society`s reaction to crime and deviance with a focus on the problems that system responses create, and on the humanistic as well as empirical foundations for these reactions. Sue Escobar, Secretary/Treasurer He would help all who sought his assistance and stayed in touch with most. I never met a kinder or more gentlemanly soul, expressed Dr. Jim Dozier, Clinical Professor and Internship Coordinator in the College of Criminal Justice. He has published about 20 books and more than five hundred articles in thirteen languages (German, Chinese, English, Hungarian, Japanese, Polish and Spanish. Her experience in this institution inspired her first English-language publication on Argot knowledge as an indicator of criminal socialization (Bondeson, 1968). Treasured uncle and great uncle to his niece, nephews and great nieces There will be celebration of Rays life in the summer of 2017. He had the largest and most diverse music library any of us has ever seen, and a bad movie collection that was spectacular. Jeff, as he was affectionately known, was retired from the faculty of the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, and was a past president of the American Society of Criminology. He did not neglect any discipline that he felt could contribute to a comprehensive etiological understanding of criminal behavior; he recognized the role of the social and physical environment in brain development and function even before neurobiological studies focused on that interaction. As an intellectual, Jim was beholden to no one: there was no party line; no big theory; no ideological purity. The world will never be the same or as cheerful as when "Jag" was around. I knew since I was 10 years old that I wanted to understand the underpinnings for individual differences in behavior, but it wasnt until I encountered Jeff that I was able to find a way to tangibly act upon this interest. As a person, Jeff was modest and humble, even somewhat reserved. After 12 years of hosting it, she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. And, Bills reputation spread well beyond the academy. Over his 40-year career, Elmar presented hundreds of lectures, talks, and formal papers on victims rights, social justice, and restorative justice at dozens of conferences and courses around Europe, North America, and Asia. The year 1969 was also notable because their second child, a son, Jeffrey, was born. Throughout her career she chaired numerous dissertations, provided mentorship and guidance to young scholars, and led efforts to ensure the profession recognized scholarship from marginalized and underrepresented groups. Bondeson, U. V. (1994) Alternatives to Imprisonment. He was a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma and California State University, Los Angeles, before joining the UCI faculty in 1971, where he played a significant role in establishing the School of Social Ecology and the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. He studied sociology and social work at the University of Witwatersrand and later moved to London with his wife Ruth to work as a psychiatric social worker. Winterfield was born in Miami, FL, and spent most of her childhood in Denver, CO. She studied with Delbert Elliott receiving her PhD in sociology in 1980 at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and she completed a post-doctoral program with Professor Alfred Blumstein at Carnegie Mellon University. She was 71 years old. I cant even. I could talk about all his accomplishments, but that is not what made Michael important to us. Call 18007892611. Lou was 84. Her work has appeared in such prestigious outlets as Justice Quarterly, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Criminology & Public Policy, The Prison Journal, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Crime & Delinquency, and the Journal of Criminal Justice. Although Dr. Janowitz passed away in March of 2021, we believe he lives on in the hearts and thoughts of his family, staff, patients, friends, colleagues and all who had the privilege to meet and Some may disagree with her arguments, but that is interesting writing. Some people have a vibrancy that makes them appear to be larger than life. ~ Pam Armstrong, We have lost a truly remarkable man and friend. Kays commitment and contributions to criminal justice reform predated her time at Temple. Debra Ann Curran (May 3, 1954 April 2, 2010), an active member of the criminological community, passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville Florida.