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Scarpitti, Frank R

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Personal name headingScarpitti, Frank R.
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See alsoGraduate of: Cleveland State University
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Graduate of: Ohio State University
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Employer: University of Delaware
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeCleveland (Ohio) Columbus (Ohio) Newark (Del.)
LocatedCleveland (Ohio)
Birth date1936-11-12
Death date2019-02-28
Place of birthButler (Pa.)
Field of activityMental health Crime Criminology Juvenile delinquency Female offenders Youth--Drug use Corrections Deviant behavior Criminal behavior Social problems Social interaction Socialization Hazardous waste management industry--Corrupt practices Pollution Schizophrenia Schizophrenics Education, Higher
AffiliationAmerican Society of Criminology
University of Delaware
Cleveland State University
Ohio State University
Profession or occupationCollege teachers College department heads Sociology teachers Sociologists
University and college faculty members University and college administrators
Found inPasamanick, B. Schizophrenics in ... 1967.
Social problems--the search for solutions, 1994: CIP t.p. (Frank R. Scarpitti) data sheet (b. 11-12-36)
Crime and criminals, 1999: CIP t.p. (Frank Scarpitti, Univ. of Delaware)
Poisoning for profit, [1985]: title page (Frank R. Scarpitti)
UDaily, via WWW, viewed March 6, 2019: In memoriam: Frank R. Scarpitti, article by UDaily staff, published March 5, 2019 (Frank R. Scarpitti; a long-time member of the sociology faculty, a nationally recognized scholar; died February 28, 2019; joined the UD faculty in 1967 as an associate professor; promoted to full professor and appointed chair of the Department of Sociology (later Sociology and Criminal Justice); served in that position for 17 years over several terms; prolific scholar and writer, author, coauthor or editor of 19 books and more than 60 articles and chapters; researched and wrote on mental health, crime, delinquency, corrections, deviant behavior, social problems, drug treatment and the role of organized crime in illegal waste disposal; president of the American Society of Criminology; fellow in the American Society of Criminology; born in Butler, Pennsylvania, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 10; graduated from Cleveland State University in 1958; entered graduate school at The Ohio State University, receiving his Ph.D. in sociology in 1962; trained in criminology)
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