Michael J. Hindelang 1945-1982

• Published date: 01 July 1982
• Date: 01 July 1982
• DOI: 10.1177/002242788201900202
• Subject Matter: Articles

MICHAEL

J.

HINDELANG

1945-1982

Michael

J.

Hindelang,

former

Associate

Editor

of

the

Journal

of

Research

in

Crime

and

Delinquency

(1977-80)

died

on

March

27,

after

an

illness

of

several

years.

Mike

was

a

professor

at

the

School

of

Criminal

Justice,

State

University

of

New

York

at

Albany,

and

founder

of

the

Criminal

Justice

Research

Center.

He

is

survived

by

his

wife,

Mary

Lee

Newell.

Mike

received

his

bachelor’s

degree

in

psychology

in

1966

and

his

master’s

degree

in

social

psychology

in

1967

from

Wayne

State

University.

He

received

his

master’s

degree

in

criminology

in

1968

and

a

doctorate

in

criminology

in

1969

from

the

University

of

California

at

Berkeley.

After

teaching

briefly

at

California

State

University

at

Los

Angeles

and

the

University

of

Washington

at

Seattle,

Mike

joined

the

faculty

in

Albany

in

1970

and

was

appointed

a

full

professor

in

1976.

In

addition

to

his

role

with

the

Journal

of

Research

in

Crime

and

Delinquency,

Mike

served

as

associate

editor

of

the

American

Sociological

Review,

and

was

on

the

editorial

boards

of

the

Journal

of

Criminal

Justice,

Criminology,

and

Law

and

Human

Behavior.

He

served

as

consultant

to

numerous

commissions,

research

projects,

and

criminal

justice

agencies.

Mike’s

research

interests

lay

primarily

in

the

assessment

of

sources

of

crime

data,

the

correlates

of

crime,

and

the

use

of

crime

data

for

testing

theories

of

crime

causation.

In

addition

to

many

journal

articles,

he

authored

Criminal

Victimization

in

Eight

American

Cities,

and

co-authored

Victims

of

Personal

Crime

and

Measuring

Delinquency.

He

created

and

edited

eight

volumes

of the

Sourcebook

of

Criminal

Justice

Statistics.

Mike’s

scholarly

energy

seemed

boundless,

and

his

productivity

in

the

only

slightly

more

than

a

decade

available

to

him

was

immense.

His

broad

influence

on

criminological

thinking,

as

well

as

his

direct

effect

on

his

students

and

his

colleagues,

will

be

long

lasting.

A

Michael

J.

Hindelang

Memorial

Scholarship

has

been

established

at

the

State

University

of

New

York.

Contributions

can

be

sent

in

care

of

the

Dean

of

the

School

of

Criminal

Justice,

SUNYA,

Albany,

New

York

12222.