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Israeli criminologist (1930–2015)

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. 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.

Work

Amir 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). His work was the first sociological study on the phenomenon of rape. 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.

Some American feminists utilized Amir's work in their anti-rape activism.

Amir also worked on topics concerning juvenile delinquents, elderly victims of crime, and international organized crime.

Personal life and death

Menachem Amir was married to Dr. Delilah Amir, a sociologist at Tel Aviv University. They had two children, Orly and Gili. He died on 21 May 2015, at the age of 84.

References

  1. "Professor Menahem Amir". The Faculty of Law. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ "קורות חיים". cms.education.gov.il. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. "Israel Prize Recipients". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. Amir, Menachem (1968). "Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 58 (4): 493–502. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. Amir, Menachem (1971). Patterns in Forcible Rape (1 ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226017341.
  6. Reiss, Albert J. (November 1974). "Patterns in Forcible Rape". American Journal of Sociology. 80 (3): 785. doi:10.1086/225868. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. Soliz, Christine (November 1, 1975). "Attitudes on Sexual Assault Examined". Big Mama Rag. 3: 1 – via JSTOR.
  8. "2015-1930 | הנער הפרחח שקיבל פרס ישראל בקרימינולוגיה". Haaretz. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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