Oral History of Criminology

Videos - T-Z

Our intention is for the interviews to be used not only for research purposes, but also in the classroom. The interviews offer students the opportunity to hear criminology from a scholar's own voice—including the voices of those who have since passed away.

The Oral History of Criminology Project intends to conduct, and make available, interviews on a continuing basis. The generous participation of major figures in criminology—and of the scholars who volunteer to prepare for and conduct these interviews—promises to yield an invaluable living account of criminology and its impacts.

This page links to the taped oral history interviews of scholars with last names beginning with the letters T through Z Keywords are also attached to each video to highlight important themes. These videos are listed in alphabetical order.

Terence Thornberry
Terence Thornberry - Oral History of Criminology
Interviewed by Brendan Dooley - College Park, MD (2017)
Keywords: Fordham University, University of Pennsylvania, State University of NY at Albany, Univ Colorado, Univ Maryland, Criminally Insane, Thorsten Sellin, Marvin Wolfgang, Charles Wellford, Freda Adler, Graeme Newman, Delinquency in a birth cohort, co-Occurrence of delinquency, gang membership & delinquency.
Charles R. Tittle
Charles R. Tittle - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - Raleigh, USA (2012)
Keywords: control-balance Theory, deterrence and control theory, theory testing, Jack Gibbs,social order in prison, criminology and biology, policy.
Jackson Toby
Jackson Toby - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - New Brunswick, USA (2013)
Keywords: USA, Talcott Parsons, deviance, schools and crime, youth crime.
Tony Travisano
Tony Travisano - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Norm Carlson (1996)
Keywords: American Correctional Association, juvenile and adult corrections, correctional administration, accreditation, professionalization, prison crowding.
Austin Turk
Austin Turk - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Richard Moran and Hugh Barlow (1996)
Keywords: criminology theory, conflict, criminalization, South Africa, policing, political crime, death penalty.
Jan van Dijk
Jan Van Dijk - Oral History of Criminology
interview with Jay Albanese - Budapest, Hungary (2013)
Keywords: Netherlands, transnational crime, victimology, organized crime, United Nations.
E. Mark Warr
E. Mark Warr - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - Austin, USA (2014)
Keywords: USA, criminology, peer influence and delinquency, social reactions to crime.
Vincent Webb
Vincent Webb - Oral History of Criminology
Interviewed by Gary Cordner - Kansas City, MO (2017)
Keywords: University of Nebraska at Omaha, Iowa State University, Drake University, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Sam Houston State University, evaluation research, Joint Commission on Criminology and Criminal Justice Education, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Justice Quarterly, Arizona State University, international education.
David Weisburd
David Weisburd - Oral History of Criminology
Interviewed by Cynthia Lum - College Park, USA (2013)
Keywords: mentors at Yale, community policing research, Rutgers, Hot Spots experiment, Hebrew University, place-based criminology.
Charles Wellford
Charles Wellford - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - College Park, USA (2012)
Keywords: USA, National Academy of Sciences, sentencing, crime measurement, firearms and policing.
Marvin Wolfgang
Marvin Wolfgang - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Freda Adler - Philadelphia, USA (1997)
Keywords: criminology, patterns of criminal homicide, subculture of violence, delinquency in a birth cohort, research in China, mentoring.
Margaret A. Zahn
Margaret A. Zahn - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - Raleigh, USA (2012)
Keywords: USA, Ohio State, violence, homicide, gender and delinquency, terrorism, policy.
Franklin Zimring
Franklin Zimring - Oral History of Criminology
interviewed by Brendan Dooley - New Orleans, LA (2016)
Keywords: University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley, law, deterrence, capital punishment, violence, juvenile crime, police killings, comparative criminal justice, criminal justice policy.