Frank Tannenbaum

The Making of a Convict Criminologist

Matthew G. Yeager

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781138939967
• eBook ISBN: 9781317313380
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Criminal Law
• Index: Law

Frank Tannenbaum and the Making of a Convict Criminologist is a historical biography about Columbia University professor Frank Tannenbaum and his contribution to American criminology. Tannenbaum was a major figure in criminology in the early twentieth century, and is known for his contributions to labeling theory, particularly his conception of the "dramatization of evil" presented in his 1938 book, Crime and Community. Tannenbaum served a year on Blackwell's Island in New York City for labor disturbances in 1914 and subsequently became a prison reformer, writing about his experiences with the American penal system and serving as the official reporter for the Wickersham Commission's study on Penal Institutions, Probation, and Parole in 1931. This book explores his unique early career, and his influence on convict criminology, drawing on his personal papers housed at the Butler Library at Columbia University.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1 American Criminal Justice a Century Hence
• 2 Early Years in New York City
• 3 Arrested as a Wobbly
• 4 Jail One Year on Blackwell's Island
• 5 Frank's Association with Thomas Mott Osborne
• 6 Prison Work, Prison Reform, Prison Labor
• 7 Becoming a Public Intellectual
• 8 Crime and The Community
• 9 Frank's Contribution to Convict Criminology
• Appendix
• References
• Index