Background
Dinitz, Simon was born on October 29, 1926 in New York City. Son of Morris and Dinah (Schulman) Dinitz.
Dinitz, Simon was born on October 29, 1926 in New York City. Son of Morris and Dinah (Schulman) Dinitz.
Student, City College of New York, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1947; Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1951.
Successively scholar, teaching assistant, research assistant, fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1947-1950;
member of faculty, Ohio State University, since 1951;
professor sociology, Ohio State University, since 1963;
research associate psychiatry, Ohio State University, 1956-1974;
visiting lecturer, University of Wisconsin, summers 1951, 52;
George J. Beto professor criminal justice, Sam Houston State University, 1983;
visiting professor, University of Southern California, summer 1968;
visiting professor, University of Wisconsin, summer 1969;
visiting professor, Tel Aviv U., autumns 1970, 71, winter 1973;
visiting professor, U. Haifa (Israel), 1982;
consultant, United Nations Social Defense Research Institute, Rome, 1970-1973, 78-82;
senior fellow, Academy Contemporary Problems, 1974-1980. United Nations consultant on crime prevention and treatment, 1980, 85. Visiting professor U. South Florida, 1980, 81.
Visiting research fellow St. Mary's U., San Antonio, 1991.
(This book is in decent condition.)
(Book by Reckless, Walter C., Dinitz, Simon)
Vice chairman institutions subcommittee Ohio Citizens's Task Force on Corrections, 1971-1972. Member Governor's Advisory Panel for Rehabilitation and Correction, 1974-1975, Governor's Youth Services Advisory Panel, 1976. Chairman policy action group Ohio Department Youth Services, 1987-1988.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946. Fellow American Sociological Association. Member North Central Sociological Association (vice president 1968, president 1982-1983), chairman Governor's Task Force on Prison Crowding, 1984-1988.
American Society Criminology (president 1970-1971).
Married Mildred H. Stern, August 20, 1949. Children: Jeffrey, Thea, Risa.