Stanley Cohen (sociologist)

Stanley Cohen FBA
Born	23 February 1942 Johannesburg, South Africa
Died	7 January 2013(2013-01-07) (aged 70) London, United Kingdom
Era	20th-century philosophy
Institutions	London School of Economics Durham University University of Essex Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main interests	juvenile delinquency, subculture, social control theory, human rights violations,
Notable ideas	moral panic, normality of denial

Stanley Cohen FBA (23 February 1942 – 7 January 2013) was a sociologist and criminologist, Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics, known for breaking academic ground on "emotional management", including the mismanagement of emotions in the form of sentimentality, overreaction, and emotional denial. He had a lifelong concern with human rights violations, first growing up in South Africa, later studying imprisonment in England and finally in Palestine. He founded the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the London School of Economics.^[1]