David F. Greenberg
David F. Greenberg (1942-July 9, 2024) was an American criminologist and author. He received a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago. Greenberg began investigating prison conditions after being at risk of imprisonment due to his anti-draft activism during the Vietnam War and from his own brushes with illegality in his youth.[1]
David was born in Evanston, Illinois and went on to earn his Bachelor's, Masters, and Doctorate from University of Chicago, with a specialization in theoretical physics. In the late 1960s, he became involved in the peace and prison abolition movements both writing for periodicals and academic books. Through this writing, he was hired by the NYU Sociology Department in 1973. Beyond writing on issues of criminology, sociology of law, math, and human sexuality, he also published a translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh from Akkadian to English.[2]
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[edit]- 1 2 "Greenberg, David F.: Age, Capitalism, and Crime", Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory, SAGE Publications, Inc., 2010, doi:10.4135/9781412959193.n111, ISBN 978-1-4129-5918-6, retrieved 2025-02-10
- ↑ "Obituary for Professor David Greenberg" (PDF). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ Speiglman, Richard (1981). ""Crime and Capitalism: Readings in Marxist Criminology" by David F. Greenberg (Book Review)". The Insurgent Sociologist. 10 (4): 121.
- ↑ Mooers, G. (1978-12-01). "Corrections and Punishment. Edited by David F. Greenberg. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1977. 288 pp. Cloth, $17.50; paper, $7.50". Social Forces. 57 (2): 761–762. doi:10.1093/sf/57.2.761. ISSN 0037-7732.
- ↑ Michaels, Stuart (1990). "The Construction of Homosexuality. David F. Greenberg". American Journal of Sociology. 96 (2): 499–501. doi:10.1086/229560. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ↑ Dirks, Nicholas B. (1989-01-15). "CREATED BY THEIR ENEMIES". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ Carlier, Bob (1990). "Book Reviews : David F. Greenberg: The Construction of Homosexuality. Chicago and London : The University of Chicago Press, 1988, X, 635, 23.95 £". Cultural Dynamics. 3 (3): 323–325. doi:10.1177/092137409000300306. ISSN 0921-3740.
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