Menachem Amir (20 July 1930 – 21 May 2015) was an Israeli criminologist. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was the Benjamin Berger Chair Professor of Criminology until he retired in 1999.[1][2] Amir received the Israel Prize from the Israeli government in 2003 for his work, one of the first two criminologists to do so alongside Shlomo Giora Shoham.[3]
Work
editAmir is best-known for his work on rape, including his article "Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape" (1968), and his first book Patterns in Forcible Rape (1971).[4][5] His work was the first sociological study on the phenomenon of rape.[2] Patterns in Forcible Rape, a study of rape cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1958 and 1960, is notable in characterizing rapists as psychologically normal. According to a contemporary review by Albert J. Reiss, a sociologist at Yale University, Patterns in Forcible Rape assembled more "information on forcible-rape victims and their alleged offenders" than any previous study on the subject.[6]
Some American feminists utilized Amir's work in their anti-rape activism.[7]
Amir also worked on topics concerning juvenile delinquents, elderly victims of crime, and international organized crime.[2]
Personal life and death
editMenachem Amir was married to Dr. Delilah Amir, a sociologist at Tel Aviv University.[2] They had two children, Orly and Gili. He died on 21 May 2015, at the age of 84.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Professor Menahem Amir". The Faculty of Law. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d "קורות חיים". cms.education.gov.il. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ "Israel Prize Recipients". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Amir, Menachem (1968). "Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 58 (4): 493–502. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Amir, Menachem (1971). Patterns in Forcible Rape (1 ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226017341.
- ^ Reiss, Albert J. (November 1974). "Patterns in Forcible Rape". American Journal of Sociology. 80 (3): 785. doi:10.1086/225868. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Soliz, Christine (November 1, 1975). "Attitudes on Sexual Assault Examined". Big Mama Rag. 3: 1 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "2015-1930 | הנער הפרחח שקיבל פרס ישראל בקרימינולוגיה". Haaretz. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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