Menachem Amir

Menachem Amir (1930-) is an Israeli criminologist. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he was the Benjamin Berger Chair Professor of Criminology until he retired in 1999.[1][2] Amir received the Israel Prize from the Israeli government in 2003 for his work, one of the first two criminologists to do so alongside Shlomo Giora Shoham.[3]

Work

Amir is best-known for his work on rape, including his article "Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape" (1968), and his first book Patterns in Forcible Rape (1971).[4][5] His work was the first sociological study on the phenomenon of rape.[2] Patterns in Forcible Rape, a study of rape cases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1958 and 1960, is notable in characterizing rapists as psychologically normal. According to a contemporary review by Albert J. Reiss, a sociologist at Yale University, Patterns in Forcible Rape assembled more "information on forcible-rape victims and their alleged offenders" than any previous study on the subject.[6]

Some American feminists utilized Amir's work in their anti-rape activism.[7]

Amir has also worked on topics concerning juvenile delinquents, elderly victims of crime, and international organized crime.[2]

Personal life

Menachem Amir is married to Dr. Delilah Amir, a sociologist at Tel Aviv University.[2] They have 2 children, Orly and Gili.

References
  1. "Professor Menahem Amir". The Faculty of Law. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. "קורות חיים". cms.education.gov.il. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  3. "Israel Prize Recipients". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. Amir, Menachem (1968). "Victim Precipitated Forcible Rape". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. 58 (4): 493–502. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. Amir, Menachem (1971). Patterns in Forcible Rape (1 ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226017341.
  6. Reiss, Albert J. (November 1974). "Patterns in Forcible Rape". American Journal of Sociology. 80 (3): 785. doi:10.1086/225868. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. Soliz, Christine (November 1, 1975). "Attitudes on Sexual Assault Examined". Big Mama Rag. 3: 1 – via JSTOR.


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