John H. Kramer
John H. Kramer (born 1943) is an American criminologist. He is an emeritus professor of sociology and criminology at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), where he was a professor from 1973 until his retirement in 2015. He also served as executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing from 1979 to 1998, and as staff director for the United States Sentencing Commission from 1996 to 1998.[1]
Education
[edit]Kramer received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Iowa.[2]
Honors and awards
[edit]In 2014, Kramer received the Justice Policy Innovator Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.[1] In 2016, the John Kramer Professorship in Criminology was created in his honor at the Penn State College of the Liberal Arts.[3] Also in 2016, he received the American Society of Criminology's Lifetime Achievement Award.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "John Kramer, 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient". American Society of Criminology. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "John Kramer". Crime & Justice Research Alliance. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Alumna creates new endowed professorship in criminology". News. Penn State Social Science Research Institute. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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