Background
SZABO, Denis was born on June 4, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Jeno Denes and Catherine Zsiga.
SZABO, Denis was born on June 4, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Jeno Denes and Catherine Zsiga.
University of Budapest, Louvain and Paris.
Assistant University of Louvain 1952-1956. Lecturer in Sociology, Catholic University of Paris and Lyon 1956-1958. Assistant Professor University of Montreal 1958-1959, Association Professor 1959-1966, Professor, of Criminology since 1966.
Founder and Director School of Criminology, University of Montreal 1960-1970. Founder and Director Institute Center for Comparative Criminology, University of Montreal 1969-1984, now Chair, of Board. Consultant to Canadian, United States, French and United Nations comms. and bodies on crime prevention.
Honorary President Institute Society of Criminology. Honorary degree (Siena, Budapest). Commander Ordre National du Merit, Cote d'Ivoire.
Sutherland.
Crimes et Villes 1960, Criminologie et Politique Criminelle 1978, The Canadian Criminal Justice System (with A. Parizeau), Science et Crimes 1986, Criminologie Empirique au Quebec (editor with M. Leblanc). Leisure interestâ– gardening, swimming.
Married Sylvie Grotard in 1956.