Albert J. Reiss
Born
Albert John Reiss

(1922-12-09)December 9, 1922
Cascade, Wisconsin
DiedApril 27, 2006(2006-04-27) (aged 83)
Hamden, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
EducationMarquette University
University of Chicago
Known forSocial control theory
SpouseEmma Hutto Reiss
ChildrenAmy Susan Reiss
Peter Clemens Reiss
Paul Wetherington Reiss
AwardsMembership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1983)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
InstitutionsUniversity of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
Yale University
ThesisThe Accuracy, Efficiency, and Validity of a Prediction Instrument (1949)
Doctoral studentsBernice A. Pescosolido
Lawrence W. Sherman[2]

Albert John Reiss Jr. (December 9, 1922 – April 27, 2006) was an American sociologist and criminologist.[3][4]

Career

He served as the William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology at Yale University from 1970 until his retirement in 1993.[2] He is recognized for his contributions to social control theory,[5] as well as for his research on police violence. He has been credited with coining the term "proactive" while researching violent incidents between police and private citizens as a research director for Lyndon B. Johnson's President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice.[6] This research led Reiss to conclude that there was a greater risk of violence in proactive police encounters than in reactive ones, prompting innovation in policing practices in many American police departments.[3]

Reiss served as president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1968–69.[7] In 1983, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] He was also a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[2] He was elected president of the American Society of Criminology in 1984, and of the International Society of Criminology in 1990, making him the first person to serve as president of both organizations. In 1996, the American Sociological Association named its Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Crime, Law and Deviance after him.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Members Elected May 11, 1983". Records of the Academy. American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1982/1983): 50–52. 1982. JSTOR 3785711.
  2. 1 2 3 "In Memoriam: Albert J. Reiss (1922-2006)". Department of Criminology. University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  3. 1 2 3 "In Memoriam: Albert J. Reiss Jr". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Yale University. 2006-05-13. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Departments". Footnotes. American Sociological Association. July–August 2006. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  5. ↑ May, David C. (2010). "Reiss, Albert J., Jr.: Personal and Social Controls and Delinquency". Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. SAGE Publications. p. 786. doi:10.4135/9781412959193.n215. ISBN 9781412959186. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  6. ↑ "Albert J. Reiss Jr.; Coined 'Proactive' During Police Experiment". The Washington Post. 2006-05-05. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Past Presidents, Vice-Presidents & Editors". Society for the Study of Social Problems. Retrieved 2018-12-08.


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