Ebook: Crime and Justice at the Millennium: Essays by and in Honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang

Ira Lipman Marvin Wolfgang was the greatest criminologist in the United States of America in the last half of the 20th century, if not the entire century. We first met on March 3, 1977, in Philadelphia. I sought him out after his work with Edwin Newman's NBC Reports: Violence in America. He was a tender, loving, caring individual who loved excellence-whether it be an intellectual challenge, the arts or any other pursuit. It is a great privilege to take part in honoring Marvin Wolfgang, a great American. Our approaches to the subject of crime came from different perspectives­ one as a researcher and the other as the founder of one of the world's largest security services companies. We both wanted to understand the causes of crime, and our discussions began a more than 21-year friendship, based on mutual respect and shared values. Dr. Wolfgang's scholarship aimed for the goal of promoting a safer, more prosperous society, one in which economic opportunity replaced criminal enterprise. He never saw crime in isolation but as part of a complex web of social relations. Only by understanding the causes and patterns of crime can society find ways to prevent it. Only through scholarship can the criminal justice community influence policy makers. To encourage the innovative scholarship that marked Marvin's career, Guardsmark established the Lipman Criminology Library at the University of Pennsylvania, at his request, and created a national criminology award in his name, the Wolfgang Award for Distinguished Achievement in Criminology.

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The major theme of this Festschrift will be state-of-the-art criminology at the millennium and its impact into the 21st century. The editors have solicited major figures in contemporary criminology to elucidate the current state and future prospects of criminology at the turn of the century.
It is appropriate that such a volume be produced in honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang, the most influential criminologist in the English-speaking world. Those invited to contribute were students or colleagues of Professor Wolfgang and are themselves distinguished criminologists. They represent criminology both of the past and the future. The appeal of the current book is not that it honors Marvin Wolfgang, but rather that it provides an accounting of where the discipline of criminology currently stands and its future directions.
Professor Marvin E. Wolfgang was unsurpassed as a criminologist, distinguished mentor, and gentleman. A book designed to contribute to the most contemporary debates in criminology is a most fitting tribute.

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The major theme of this Festschrift will be state-of-the-art criminology at the millennium and its impact into the 21st century. The editors have solicited major figures in contemporary criminology to elucidate the current state and future prospects of criminology at the turn of the century.
It is appropriate that such a volume be produced in honor of Marvin E. Wolfgang, the most influential criminologist in the English-speaking world. Those invited to contribute were students or colleagues of Professor Wolfgang and are themselves distinguished criminologists. They represent criminology both of the past and the future. The appeal of the current book is not that it honors Marvin Wolfgang, but rather that it provides an accounting of where the discipline of criminology currently stands and its future directions.
Professor Marvin E. Wolfgang was unsurpassed as a criminologist, distinguished mentor, and gentleman. A book designed to contribute to the most contemporary debates in criminology is a most fitting tribute.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Reflections on a Scholarly Career: An Interview with Marvin E. Wolfgang....Pages 1-13
Subcultures of Violence and Beyond....Pages 15-30
Political Violence: Patterns and Trends....Pages 31-44
Intimate Partner Violence: The Legacy of Marvin Wolfgang’s Thinking....Pages 45-58
Social Stress and Violence in Israel: A Macro Level Analysis....Pages 59-79
Violence among Russian-Germans in the Context of the Subculture of Violence Theory....Pages 81-97
Arrest Clearances for Homicide....Pages 99-119
Trends and Patterns of Homicide in Australia....Pages 121-134
Investigating Race and Gender Differences in Specialization in Violence....Pages 135-152
Carrying Guns and Involvement in Crime....Pages 153-167
Victim Categories of Crime Revisited....Pages 169-183
A Minimum Requirement for Police Corruption....Pages 185-207
Community Policing in Canada: An Evaluation for Montreal....Pages 209-230
The Wolfgang Legacy on the Intersection of Race and the Death Penalty....Pages 231-238
Should the Juvenile Court Survive?....Pages 239-252
The Life of Lifers: Wolfgang’s Inquiry into the Prison Adjustment of Homicide Offenders....Pages 253-272
Truth in Sentencing and Prison Infractions....Pages 273-290
In His Own Voice....Pages 291-292
Victim Precipitated Criminal Homicide....Pages 293-306
Seeking an Explanation....Pages 307-315
Violence, U.S.A. Riots and Crime....Pages 317-336
The Social Scientist in Court....Pages 337-351
Youth Crime: Sumer and Later....Pages 353-364
Crime and Punishment in Renaissance Florence....Pages 365-381
We Do Not Deserve to Kill....Pages 383-396
Of Crimes and Punishments....Pages 397-404