Lloyd Ohlin

Lloyd E. Ohlin (* 1918 † 6 December 2008) was an American sociologist and criminologist.

Ohlin studied sociology at Brown University ( Degree: BA), at Indiana University ( Degree: MA) and was at the University of Chicago doctorate ( Ph.D.). Since 1967, he taught criminology professor at Harvard University ( Law School ). In 2005 he was honored with the Edwin H. Sutherland Award from the American Society of Criminology. In 1986 he was president of the American Society of Criminology.

Ohlin developed jointly with Richard A. Cloward on the merton'sche Anomietheorie and linked it with the subculture theory. In their opinion, the crime probability increases not only from lack of legitimate means to achieve a generally conventional goals. It decisively, on the availability of illegitimate means would be provided more widely available in subcultures.

Works (selection)

• Sociology and the Field of Corrections (1956).
• Delinquency and Opportunity (1960 - with Richard A. Cloward ).
• A Theory of Correctional Reform ( 1977 - with Alden Miller and Robert Coates ).
• Diversity in a Youth Correctional System: Handling Delinquents in Massachusetts (1978).
• Delinquency and Community (1985 - with Alden Miller).
• Human Development and Criminal Behavior ( 1991 - with Michael Tonry and David P. Farrington ).