Raymond Paternoster | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 29, 1952 |
| Died | March 5, 2017 (aged 65) |
| Education | University of Delaware (B.A., 1972), Southern Illinois University (M.S., 1975), Florida State University (Ph.D., 1978) |
| Known for | Research on racial bias in capital punishment |
| Spouse | Ronet Bachman |
| Children | John Bachman-Paternoster |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland |
| Thesis | The Labeling Effects of Police Apprehension: Identity, Exclusion and Secondary Deviance (1978) |
Raymond "Ray" Paternoster (February 29, 1952 – March 5, 2017) was an American criminologist who taught at the University of Maryland from 1982 until his death in 2017, spending some of this time as a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice there.[1]