George L. Kelling

George L. Kelling
George L. Kelling
Born	George Lee Kelling; 21 August 1935; Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary; St. Olaf College (B.A.); University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (M.S.W.); University of Wisconsin–Madison (Ph.D)
	Scientific career
Fields	Criminology

George Lee Kelling (August 21, 1935 – May 15, 2019) was an

criminologist, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University–Newark,^[1] a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,^[2]

and a fellow at the

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He previously taught at Northeastern University

.

Born in

social welfare from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1973, under Alfred Kadushin

.

Early in his career, he was a

African-Americans in impoverished U.S. cities beginning in the mid-1980s. Kelling died in Hanover, New Hampshire on May 15, 2019 from complications of cancer at the age of 83.^[3]

Personal life

Kelling was married twice, first to Sally Jean Mosiman, from whom he became divorced, and then to Catherine M. Coles, an attorney and a lawyer and anthropologist studying urban issues and criminal prosecution,[4] whom Kelling married in 1982.^[3]

References

^ "Emeritus Professors". Rutgers School of Criminal Justice - Center for Law and Justice. Rutgers School of Criminal Justice. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ "George L. Kelling". Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Roberts, Sam (May 15, 2019). "George L. Kelling, a Father of 'Broken Windows' Policing, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
^ "The Promise of Public Order". The Atlantic. January 1997.