Lloyd Ohlin

Lloyd Ohlin
Born(1918-08-27)August 27, 1918
Belmont, Massachusetts, US
DiedDecember 6, 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 90)
Santa Barbara, California, US
EducationBrown University
Alma materIndiana University
Scientific career
FieldsSociology and criminology
InstitutionsHarvard Law School

Lloyd Edgar Ohlin (August 27, 1918 – December 6, 2008) was an American sociologist and criminologist who taught at Harvard Law School, Columbia University, and the University of Chicago. He studied the causes and effects of crime and punishment, especially as it related to youthful offenders and delinquents.[1]

  1. ^ Fox, Margalit. Lloyd E. Ohlin, Expert on Crime and Punishment, Is Dead at 90, The New York Times, January 3, 2009. Accessed January 5, 2009.

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