Edwin Sutherland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edwin Sutherland

American criminologist

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1883

Place of Birth: Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1950

Profession: sociologist, criminologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Edwin Hardin Sutherland (August 13, 1883 – October 11, 1950) was an American sociologist.
He is considered as one of the most influential criminologists of the 20th century.
He was a sociologist of the symbolic interactionist school of thought and is best known for defining white-collar crime and differential association, a general theory of crime and delinquency.
Sutherland earned his Ph.D.
in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1913.