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Abrahamsen, David was born on June 23, 1903 in Trondheim, Norway. Son of Salomon and Marie (Fischer) Abrahamsen. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
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Abrahamsen, David was born on June 23, 1903 in Trondheim, Norway. Son of Salomon and Marie (Fischer) Abrahamsen. came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1946.
Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Frederick University, Oslo, 1929. Postgraduate, Tavistock Clinic and National Hospital, London. Postgraduate, London School of Economics, 1937.
Doctor of Medicine, State University of New York, 1943.
He eventually relocated to England, taking positions at the Tavistock Clinic and the London School of Economics. He moved to the United States in 1940 and joined the staff at Saint Elizabeth"s Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia Later he served as a psychiatrist and criminal psychopathologist at two major prisons in the United States., first the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, and then the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New New York Abrahamsen belonged to one of the oldest families of Jewish settlers in Norway, and his heritage informed the writing of his first book, I Am a Jew, which described and compared the traditional Norwegian and Jewish ways of life.
Abrahamsen"s paper, A Study of Lee Harvey Oswald: Psychological Capability of Murder, was published in the Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, in October 1967.
His book, Our Violent Society, came out in 1970, a Funk & Wagnalls" publication. Abrahamsen"s expertise in psychopathology was enlisted by authorities during the notorious Son of Sam serial murder case: when the killer, David Berkowitz, was finally in custody, Abrahamsen was directed by the Brooklyn District Attorney to evaluate his ability to stand trial.
He deemed him competent, but Berkowitz never went to trial, pleading guilty instead and receiving multiple life sentences. Abrahamsen continued to examine Berkowitz in jail, and ultimately documented his life in.
Abrahamsen suspected Prince Albert Victor and James Kenneth Stephen worked as a collaborating team to commit the Jack the Ripper murders.
The book was criticized for providing no solid evidence. Columbia University Library maintains a trove of research notes, drafts, correspondence and articles written by Abrahamsen on topics of criminals and criminality.
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(The Murdering Mind by David Abrahamsen)
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Served with Norwegian Army, 1940. Fellow American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, New York Academy Medicine. Member Norwegian Medical Association, New York County Medical Society, American Society Criminology, New York Society Clinical Psychiatry, American College Psychoanalysts, Authors League, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Clubs: Harmonies.
Married Lova Katz, May 5, 1932. Children: Inger Abrahamsen Elliott, Anne-Marie Abrahamsen Foltz.