John Goldkamp

Awards2012 August Vollmer Award from the American Society of CriminologyScientific careerFieldsCriminal justiceInstitutionsTemple UniversityThesisBail decision-making and the role of pre-trial detention in American criminal justice (1977)

John S. Goldkamp (December 20, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey – August 26, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American criminologist who was a professor at Temple University for over 25 years.^[1][2] From 1979 to 1983, and again from 2004 to 2010, he was the chair of the department of criminal justice at Temple.^[2]

Early life and education

Goldkamp was born in Orange, New Jersey on December 20, 1947. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in French literature, after which he began graduate work at the University at Albany.^[3] He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the University at Albany in 1975 and 1977, respectively,^[2] where he was influenced by such scholars as Michael Hindelang and Michael Gottfredson.^[3]

Work

Goldkamp was known for studying drug courts in the United States.^[3][4] In particular, a study of a Florida drug court he published in the early 1990s is credited with encouraging many other parts of the United States to adopt such courts.^[2] He is also known for developing the first bail guidelines in the United States, which he produced in 1986 for the city of Philadelphia.^[2]

Death

Goldkamp died on August 26, 2012, of multiple myeloma, at the University of Pennsylvania's hospital in Philadelphia. He was 64 years old.^[2]

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