Joan McCord | |
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| Born | 4 August 1930  New York City |
| Died | 24 February 2004 (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Criminologist, sociologist |
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Joan Fish McCord (August 4, 1930 – 2004) was an American professor of Criminology at Temple University. Through her experimental studies of delinquency, including the Cambridge Somerville Youth Study, and her philosophical perspective, she made important contributions to the understanding of developmental criminology, the differing roles of mothers, fathers, and neighborhoods, and the importance of differentiating between discipline and punishment. McCord was a recipient of the Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology. and the International Society of Criminology's Emile Durkheim prize.[1]
- ^ Tremblay, Richard E.; Welsh, Brandon C.; Sayre-McCord, Geoffrey (13 January 2019). "Crime and the Life-Course, Prevention, Experiments, and Truth Seeking: Joan McCord's Pioneering Contributions to Criminology". Annual Review of Criminology. 2 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1146/annurev-criminol-011518-024712. ISSN 2572-4568. S2CID 149664419. Retrieved 27 March 2023.