Richard Victor Ericson

Background

Richard Victor Ericson was born on September 20, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the son of John William Ericson and Elizabeth Mary (Hinkley) Ericson.

Education

In 1969 Richard Ericson graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1971 he received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. In 1974 he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the Cambridge University and a Doctor of Letters degree in 1991.

Career

Richard Ericson was an instructor in sociology at the Churchill College of the Cambridge University in Cambridge, England from 1971 to 1973. From 1973 to 1974 he was an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. In 1974 Ericson was a visiting research associate at the University of Edinburgh.

In the same year, he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario and served until 1979, then Ericson became an associate professor in 1979 and worked in this position until 1982. In 1982 he was promoted to professor of criminology and sociology and served until 1993 and was a director of Centre of Criminology from 1992 to 1993. In 1991 he was a visiting research professor at the Arizona State University. In 1992 Ericson served as a Parsons Lecturer at the University of Sydney. In 1993 Ericson was a professor of sociology and law and Principal of Green College at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

In 1993 Richard Ericson was an honorary visiting fellow at Green College at the Oxford University. In 1996 he became an associate senior fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto. From 1998 to 1999 Erickson was a visiting fellow of All Souls College. He is also a lecturer at other colleges and universities, including University of Pennsylvania, Simon Fraser University, University of Warwick, University of Heidelberg, and University of Munich.

Achievements

• Ricahard Victor Ericson is best known as the author of "Policing the Risk Society".

Works

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  • Policing the Risk Society

    (Richard Ericson and Kevin Haggerty contend that the polic...)

    1997
  • Governing Modern Societies

    (The essays collected in Governing Modern Societies arose ...)

    2000
  • The Ordering of Justice: A Study of Accused Persons as Dependants in the Criminal Process

    (From the point of his arrest through to the final disposi...)

    1982
  • Reproducing Order: A Study of Police Patrol Work

    (This book reveals that the police are not mere 'referees'...)

    1982
  • Risk and Morality

    (This book examines how decisions about risk and uncertain...)

    2003
  • The New Politics of Surveillance and Visibility

    (In this book, editors Kevin D. Haggerty and Richard V. Er...)

    2006
  • Making Crime: A Study of Detective Work 1981
  • Visualizing Deviance 1987
  • Crime Stoppers: A Study in the Organization of Community Policing 1989
  • The Culture and Power of Knowledge: Inquiries Into Contemporary Societies 1992

Connections

On May 31, 1969 Richard Ericson married Diana Lea McMillan. They have one son, Matthew Simon.

Father:

John William Ericson

Mother:

Elizabeth Mary Ericson

Spouse:

Diana Lea McMillan

Son:

Matthew Simon Ericson

References

• Contemporary Authors
  1998