Thorsten Sellin

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Thorsten Sellin
Born
Johan Thorsten Sellin

(1896-10-26)26 October 1896
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Died17 September 1994(1994-09-17) (aged 97)
Gilmanton, New Hampshire, United States
NationalitySwedish
Scientific career
Fields
  • Sociology
  • Criminology
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
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Johan Thorsten Sellin (26 October 1896 – 17 September 1994) was a

Swedish American sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, a penologist and one of the pioneers of scientific criminology.[1]
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Biography

Sellin was born in

doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1922 until becoming Professor Emeritus in 1967. [2][3]

Dr. Sellin came to prominence in the 1920s and 30s for his studies in the use of criminal statistics at local, state, national and international levels. He later helped draft the U.S. Uniform Criminal Statistics Act in 1944. An expert on crime statistics, he advised the

University of California at Berkeley, Oxford and other universities.[4]

Active in international groups, he was secretary-general of the Bern-based International Penal and Penitentiary Commission (later called the

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science for 39 years, from 1929 to 1968.[4]

Dr. Sellin died in Gilmanton, New Hampshire at the age of 97.[5]

Legacy and honors

  • Sellin received numerous honors, including the honorary doctorates of Leiden, Copenhagen and Brussels universities.
  • Sellin was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1949.[6]
  • The University of Pennsylvania Sellin Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law is named for him.

Selected works

  • Research Memorandum on Crime in the Depression (1937)
  • War and Crime: A research memorandum (1942)
  • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1943)
  • Some Current Issues in Penal Treatment (1950)
  • The significance of records of crime (1951)
  • The Protective Code: A Swedish Proposal (1957)
  • The death penalty: A report for the Model penal code project of the American Law Institute (1959)
  • Constructing an index of delinquency: A manual (1963)
  • Systems of reporting "crimes known to the police" in selected foreign countries (1967)
  • The Criminality of Youth (1975)

References

  1. ^ Social Security Death Index (Social Security Administration)
  2. ^ a b "Johan Thorsten Sellin biography". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  3. ISBN 9780761923589. Retrieved October 1, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
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  4. ^ a b Thorsten Sellin, Criminology Expert (New York Times. September 20, 1994)
  5. ^ Charlesworth, James C. (1969) "The Academy Dips Its Colors to Dr. Sellin," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 381: pp. iii-iv
  6. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-03-02.

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