Background
Gusfield, Joseph Robert was born on September 6, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Isidor Henry and Emma (Dauber) Gusfield.
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"Everyone knows 'drunk driving' is a 'serious' offense. And yet, everyone knows lots of 'drunk drivers' who don't get involved in accidents, don't get caught by the police, and manage to compensate adequately for their 'drunken disability.' Everyone also knows of 'drunk drivers' who have been arrested and gotten off easy. Gusfield's book dissects the conventional wisdom about 'drinking-driving' and examines the paradox of a 'serious' offense that is usually treated lightly by the judiciary and rarely carries social stigma."—Mac Marshall, Social Science and Medicine "A sophisticated and thoughtful critic. . . . Gusfield argues that the 'myth of the killer drunk' is a creation of the 'public culture of law.' . . . Through its dramatic development and condemnation of the anti-social character of the drinking-driver, the public law strengthens the illusion of moral consensus in American society and celebrates the virtues of a sober and orderly world."—James D. Orcutt, Sociology and Social Research "Joseph Gusfield denies neither the role of alcohol in highway accidents nor the need to do something about it. His point is that the research we conduct on drinking-driving and the laws we make to inhibit it tells us more about our moral order than about the effects of drinking-driving itself. Many will object to this conclusion, but none can ignore it. Indeed, the book will put many scientific and legal experts on the defensive as they face Gusfield's massive erudition, pointed analysis and criticism, and powerful argumentation. In The Culture of Public Problems, Gusfield presents the experts, and us, with a masterpiece of sociological reasoning."—Barry Schwartz, American Journal of Sociology This book is truly an outstanding achievement. . . . It is sociology of science, sociology of law, sociology of deviance, and sociology of knowledge. Sociologists generally should find the book of great theoretical interest, and it should stimulate personal reflection on their assumptions about science and the kind of consciousness it creates. They will also find that the book is a delight to read."—William B. Bankston, Social Forces
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Gusfield, Joseph Robert was born on September 6, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Isidor Henry and Emma (Dauber) Gusfield.
B.Ph., University Chicago, 1946. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Chicago, 1954.
Instructor social science University Chicago College, 1949-1951. Assistant professor sociology Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1951-1955, University Illinois, Urbana, 1955-1960, associate professor, 1960-1964, professor, 1964-1969, University California, San Diego, since 1969. Fulbright lecturer, India, 1962-1963, 66, 81.
Consultant National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, since 1975.
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Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow Japan Society for Promotion of Science. Member American Sociological Association, Pacific Sociological Association (president 1977-1978), Asian Studies Association, Society for Study of Social Problems (president 1988-1989).
Married Irma Geller, September 14, 1946. Children: Julia, Daniel, Ilene.