Edwin Sutherland

Edwin H. Sutherland
Edwin Sutherland, known for the concept "white collar crime"
Born(1883-08-13)August 13, 1883
DiedOctober 11, 1950(1950-10-11) (aged 67)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Institutions

Edwin Hardin Sutherland (August 13, 1883 – October 11, 1950) was an American sociologist. He is considered one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century. He was a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and is best known for defining white-collar crime and differential association, a general theory of crime and delinquency. Sutherland earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1913.