Georg Rusche (1900-1950) was a German political economist and criminologist, co-author with
Otto Kirchheimer
Otto Kirchheimer (; 11 November 1905, Heilbronn – 22 November 1965, Washington, D.C.) was a German jurist of Jewish ancestry and political scientist of the Frankfurt School whose work essentially covered the state and its constitution.
Kirchhe ...
of ''
Punishment and Social Structure'' (1939).
[Dario Melossi, 'Georg Rusche: a biographical essay', ''Crime and Social Justice'', No. 14 (Winter 1980), pp.51-63]
He committed suicide in
Uxbridge
Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbrid ...
in October 1950.
Works
* 'Labor Market and Penal Sanction', 1933
* (with
Otto Kirchheimer
Otto Kirchheimer (; 11 November 1905, Heilbronn – 22 November 1965, Washington, D.C.) was a German jurist of Jewish ancestry and political scientist of the Frankfurt School whose work essentially covered the state and its constitution.
Kirchhe ...
) ''Punishment and Social Structure'', 1939.
References
1900 births
1950 deaths
German economists
German criminologists
1950 suicides
Suicides in England
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