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Born January 7, 1939 (age 86) • New Albany • Indiana
Notable Works “A Differential Association-Reinforcement Theory of Criminal Behavior”
Subjects Of Study social learning
Eleanor Glueck
American criminologist
Sheldon Glueck
American criminologist
Marshall B. Clinard
American sociologist and criminologist
Marvin Wolfgang
American criminologist
Walter Reckless
American criminologist
Gresham M. Sykes
American criminologist
Quinney, Richard
Richard Quinney
American philosopher and criminologist
Edwin Sutherland
American criminologist
Travis Hirschi
American criminologist
Albert Cohen
American criminologist
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria
Italian criminologist
Gabriel Tarde, c. 1899.
Gabriel Tarde
French sociologist
Alfredo Niceforo
Italian sociologist
Cesare Lombroso
Italian criminologist
Maria Jolas
American editor
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
Clark Howell
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Victor Mature
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Vitaly Komar
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Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
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