Donald Cressey
Donald Cressey | |
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penologist | |
Spouse | Elaine |
Children | Martha, Ann, Mary |
Donald Ray Cressey (April 27, 1919 – July 21, 1987) was an American penologist, sociologist, and criminologist who made innovative contributions to the study of organized crime, prisons, criminology, the sociology of criminal law, white-collar crime.[1][2][3]
Life and work
Born in 1919 in
He served as a consultant on organized crime for the
Cressey is credited with the theory of the "fraud triangle," three elements that are present in most cases of occupational fraud.[5] Cressey himself did not use this term during his lifetime.[6] For two of the three motivational factors identified by Cressey, he drew on the thoughts of the US-American sociologist of German-Danish origin Svend Riemer (1905-1977).[7]
Dr. Cressey died in Solvang, California, in 1987. He was surrounded by his wife, Elaine, and three daughters (Martha, Ann, and Mary).[4]
Awards
The Donald Cressey Award is bestowed annually on an American academic by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency[8] for outstanding academic contributions to criminology.[2]
The Cressey Award is bestowed annually by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners on one of its members for lifetime achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud.[2]
Works
Solely authored works
- Criminal Organization: Its Elementary Forms. New York: Harper and Row, 1972. ISBN 0-06-131692-X
- "Methodological Problems in the Study of Organized Crime as a Social Problem." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 374 (1967).
- "Organized Crime and Inner-City Youth." Crime and Delinquency. 16:2 (1970).
- Theft of the Nation: The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America. New York: Harper and Row, 1969.
- Other People's Money: A Study in the Social Psychology of Embezzlement. Montclair, N.J.: Patterson Smith, 1953. ISBN 978-0-87585-202-7
Co-authored works
- Coleman, James W. and Cressey, Donald R. Social Problems. New York: Prentice Hall, 1980. ISBN 0-673-99653-0
- Sutherland, Edwin H. and Cressey, Donald. Principles of Criminology. 11th ed. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, 1992. ISBN 0-930390-69-5
References
- ^ a b Akers, Ronald L. and Matsueda, Ross L. "Donald R. Cressey: An Intellectual Portrait of a Criminologist." Sociological Inquiry. 59:4 (October 1989).
- ^ ISBN 0-7619-3004-3
- ISBN 0-226-32000-6
- ^ a b c d e f "Prof. Donald R. Cressey, 68, Expert on Sociology of Crime." New York Times. July 28, 1987.
- ISBN 978-0-470-12883-1
- ^ Vgl. Tickner, Peter; Button, Mark: Deconstructing the Origins of Cressey’s Fraud Triangle, in: Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2021, S. 722-731 (DOI: https://doi-org.emedien.ub.uni-muenchen.de/10.1108/JFC-10-2020-0204).
- ^ Riemer, Svend H.: Embezzlement: Pathological Basis, in: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1941, S. 411-423.
- ^ National Council on Crime and Delinquency Archived March 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Web site.