Herman Goldstein

{{Short description|American criminologist (1931–2020)}} {{For|the American mathematician and computer scientist|Herman Goldstine}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Herman Goldstein | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|12|8}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5xs8AQAAIAAJ&q=herman+goldstein+wisconsin+1931 1996 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, pg. 2542]</ref> | birth_place = New London, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|24|1931|12|8}} | death_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | home_town = | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = Criminal law | workplaces = University of Wisconsin Law School | patrons = | education = University of Pennsylvania | alma_mater = | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Problem-oriented policing | influences = | influenced = | awards = Stockholm Prize | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = 3 | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }} '''Herman Goldstein''' (December 8, 1931 – January 24, 2020)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bumgarner |first1=Jeff |title=Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition: A Reference Handbook |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781610698528 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CWMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 |language=en}}</ref> was an American criminologist and legal scholar known for developing the problem-oriented policing model. He was Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he began teaching in 1964. He previously worked as an assistant to the then-superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, O.W. Wilson. In 2018, he was awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in honor of his research on policing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Goldstein wins international Stockholm Prize in Criminology |url=https://law.wisc.edu/newsletter/Articles/Herman_Goldstein_wins_internatio_2017-11-07 |website=University of Wisconsin Law School |accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref>

Goldstein died in January 2020 at the age of 88.<ref>[https://improvingpolice.blog/2020/01/24/herman-goldstein-1931-2020/ Herman Goldstein: 1931-2020]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.wisc.edu/policing-pioneer-law-school-professor-herman-goldstein-dies-at-88/|title=Policing pioneer, law school professor Herman Goldstein dies at 88|first=Käri|last=Knutson|website=University of Wisconsin-Madison|date=January 24, 2020}}</ref> His funeral took place at Beth Israel Center in Madison, WI.

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==External links== *[https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/hgold Faculty profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202153557/https://law.wisc.edu/profiles/hgold |date=2019-02-02 }} *{{Official website|http://hermangoldstein.com/}}

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