Marvin Krohn

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Marvin Krohn
Born (1947-03-05) March 5, 1947 (age 74)
NationalityAmerican
Education College of Wooster
University of Maryland
Florida State University
Known for Juvenile delinquency
AwardsInducted into Florida State University College of Criminology Hall of Fame in 2016 [1]
Scientific career
Fields Criminology
Institutions Western Illinois University
University of Iowa
State University of New York at Albany
University of Florida
Thesis Social change and social disorganization: a cross-polity study of the effects of social change on indices of crime and suicide  (1974)
Academic advisors Ronald Akers [2]
Doctoral students Paul Bellair

Marvin Donald "Marv" Krohn (born March 5, 1947) is an American criminologist who has been a professor at the University of Florida since 2008.

He was formerly the director of the Division of Criminology, Law and Society there until 2011. [3] [4]

Krohn is currently co-editor of the journal Justice Quarterly . [5]

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References

  1. "Dr. Marvin D. Krohn Inducted into FSU Criminology Alumni Hall of Fame". soccrim.clas.ufl.edu (Press release). Florida State University. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. Akers, Ronald (2017-07-28). Social Learning and Social Structure: A General Theory of Crime and Deviance. Routledge. ISBN   9781351490146.
  3. "Marvin D. Krohn". users.clas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. Baldwin, Julie Marie (2014). "Krohn, Marvin D". The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 1–3. doi:10.1002/9781118517390.wbetc154. ISBN   9781118517390.
  5. "Justice Quarterly Masthead" . Retrieved 2019-10-10.