Talk:Jack Levin (sociologist)

Future Improvements

Article Improvements include:

1. More reliable sources
2. Picture of Jack Levin
3. Expansion and explanations of his work
4. Sub-sections describing contributions as well as information about him
5. List of published works by him
6. Table of basic information about him for quick access
7. Awards and Appearances

Zephyra35 (talk) 19:36, 6 October 2014 (UTC) amberdee3 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 15:09, 8 October 2014 (UTC) Trevor NDSU (talk) 20:57, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Improvements for the page

Include a simple biography on the page, background information on people is helpful. When talking about his class at Northwestern look at a syllabus for it and add details of it that are interesting and helpful to the article as a whole. Consider his contribution to the field of forensic psychology. Trevor NDSU (talk) 23:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

To-Do List

1. Introduction
2. Basic Facts Table (including picture)
3. Biography
4. Early life and education
5. Early career
6. List of Major Works with links and references
7. Contributions to Forensic Psychology
8. Teaching at Northeastern University: "Sociology of Violence and Hate"
9. External References for information included
10. External Link to Jack Levin's Website

Zephyra35 (talk) 01:52, 16 October 2014 (UTC) Amberdee3 (talk) 21:25, 16 October 2014 (UTC) Trevor NDSU (talk) 20:53, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

References

Levin, J., Fox, A. J. (1994). Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed. NCJRS Levin, J., Fox, A. J. (1998). Multiple Homicide: Patterns of Serial and Mass Murder. The University of Chicago Press

• http://www.northeastern.edu/socant/wp-content/uploads/Violence2010syllabus2.pdf

Zephyra35 (talk) 02:06, 16 October 2014 (UTC) Amberdee3 (talk) 21:23, 16 October 2014 (UTC) Trevor NDSU (talk) 21:02, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

References

Outline

• Introduction
  • Jack Levin, Ph.D. born June 7, 1936,Amberdee3 (talk) 22:47, 7 November 2014 (UTC) specializes in researches murder, prejudice and hate, Sociology of Aging and Sociology of conflict at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Zephyra35 (talk) 20:59, 6 November 2014 (UTC) He has interviewed and corresponded with brutal killers, such as Hillside Strangler and Charles Manson,Amberdee3 (talk) 22:50, 7 November 2014 (UTC) and other violent criminals-serial killers and rapists, mass murders, and vicious hatemongers. He is also asked by news and television reports to comment on important occurrences of homicide or hate. Along with interviews, writing material, teaching classes and research Levin has also given talks about violence or hate to groups including the White House Conference on Hate Crimes, The Department of Justice, the Department of Education, OSCE’s Officer for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Zephyra35 (talk) 20:59, 6 November 2014 (UTC)Jack Levin has authored and co-authored over 30 books and has written and published over 200 articles.Amberdee3 (talk) 22:57, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
• Basic Facts Table with picture off to the right side (Heidi)
  • DOB: June 28, 1941 Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Picture: http://jacklevinonviolence.com/photos/jack_levin_portrait.jpg Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Occupation: Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Website: http://jacklevinonviolence.com Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Spouse: Norma Levin Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Children: Mark Levin- Graduated in 1977 from Temple University Ambler at age 19 with a degree in political science. Trevor NDSU (talk) 19:41, 7 November 2014 (UTC),Douglas Levin Zephyra35 (talk) 16:46, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
• Table of Contents to the left side (Figure we can all work on this as we go along for our intended sections)
• Biography - starting with early life and going to present with subsections (we could each take different subsections)
  • Early Life (Amber)Zephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Where he went to schoolZephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
    • 1968
      • Boston University, Boston MA. Ph.D. Sociology
    • 1965
      • Boston University, Boston MA. M.S. Communication Research
    • 1963
      • American International college, Sprinfield MA. B.A., Sociology Amberdee3 (talk) 23:44, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Major accomplishments
    • Massachusetts council honored Jack Levin as "Professor of the Year". Levin also received an award from American Sociological Association for raising public awareness and comprehension of sociology. New England Sociological Association awarded Levin with the Apple Award and he also received the Lester Ward Award from the Association of Applied and Clinical sociology. Levin recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems for his contributions in criminology. Amberdee3 (talk) 23:13, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University’s Undergraduate School of Business in 1958. http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/levin Trevor NDSU (talk) 19:49, 7 November 2014 (UTC)Zephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC) Winner of the 2009 Public Understanding of Sociology Award http://www.asanet.org/about/awards/public/Levin.cfm Trevor NDSU (talk) 19:58, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

• • Marriage/FamilyZephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Current (Heidi)Zephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC) J.R. Council (talk) 20:18, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
    • Jack Levin, Ph.D. is currently the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches one course per year, “Sociology of Violence and Hate.” His course is only offered in the Fall semester and is held in Shillman Hall due to its large class size. He specializes in criminology, prejudice, and aging and is considered an authority on serial killers, mass murderers, and hate crimes. He is also the co-director of the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence at Northeastern University.Zephyra35 (talk) 21:11, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
• His teaching- link to his class syllabus if possible (Heidi)Zephyra35 (talk) 22:23, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
  • 1980-present
    • Professor at Northeastern University
  • 1975-1980
    • Associate Professor at Northeastern University
  • 1970-1975
    • Assistant Professor at Northeastern University
  • 1968-1970
    • Assistant Professor at Boston University Amberdee3 (talk) 23:54, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Zephyra35 (talk) 21:17, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

• Contributions to Forensic Psychology
  • Levin has provided deep intuitive understanding about the different types of killers and the reason behind their motivation to kill. What is so notable about Levin's contribution to forensic psychology is not only does he present information on how to understand the mind of a killer but he also suggests ways to prevent and intervene with habits and thoughts of potential killers. Amberdee3 (talk) 23:24, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
• List of Major Works - with external links (we can all also work on this)
  • Jack Levin, Blurring the Boundaries of Age: Childhood and Adulthood in an Age of Ambiguity, (Routledge, expected 2012). Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • James Fox and Jack Levin. The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murger. (Allyn and Bacon, 2011).Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • James Fox and Jack Levin. Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder. (Sage Publications, 2011).Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin and J. Nolan. The Violence of Hate. (Allyn and Bacon, 2010).Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Serial Killers and Sadistic Murders – Up Close and Personal. (Prometheus Books, 2008).Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin and G. Rabrenovic. Why We Hate. (Prometheus Books, 2004).Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Levin, J., & Madfis, E. (2009). Mass Murder At School And Cumulative Strain: A Sequential Model. American Behavioral Scientist, 52(9), 1227-1245.Zephyra35 (talk) 21:29, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
  • James Fox and Jack Levin. (1994). Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed Trevor NDSU (talk) 19:29, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
  • James Fox and Jack Levin (1998). Multiple Homicide: Patterns of Serial and Mass Murder. The University of Chicago Press Trevor NDSU (talk) 19:32, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin (2013). Elementary Statistics in Social Research, 12th edition, Pearson (with J. Fox and D. Forde).Amberdee3 (talk) 00:01, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin (2010). Elementary Statistics in Social Research: The Essentials, Allyn and Bacon, 3d ed.(with J. Fox).Amberdee3 (talk) 00:09, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin (2013). Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research, Pearson, 4th ed. (with J.Fox and D. Forde) Amberdee3 (talk) 00:12, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Special issue on Hate Crimes and Ethnic Conflict, American Behavioral Scientist,December 2001, co-edited with Gordana Rabrenovic, Sage. Amberdee3 (talk) 00:18, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Hate Crimes Revisited: America’s War on Those who are Different, Westview Press, 2002 (with J. McDevitt).Amberdee3 (talk) 00:21, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Mass Murder: America's Growing Menace, Plenum Press, 1985 (with J. Fox); Paperback edition with new foreword, 1991, Berkley Books. Amberdee3 (talk) 00:24, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Ageism: Prejudice and Discrimination Against the Elderly, Wadsworth, 1980 (with W. Levin). Amberdee3 (talk) 00:26, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Social Problems: Causes, Consequences, Interventions, West, 1983 (with R. Bourne); second edition, 1999 (with K. McGinnis and R. Bourne), Roxbury Publishing. Amberdee3 (talk) 00:29, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Working with the Media: A Survival Guide for Scholars, Sage, 1993 (with J. Fox). Amberdee3 (talk) 00:34, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Jack Levin. Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Plenum Press, 1993 (with J. McDevitt). Amberdee3 (talk) 00:34, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

• List of references

Zephyra35 (talk) 02:11, 16 October 2014 (UTC) Amberdee3 (talk) 21:18, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

Please be more specific about splitting up tasks! I will add point for this part of Assn. 7 when I see this information added. J.R. Council (talk) 19:06, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

• Note: We created a group wiki on blackboard so that each of us could comment which tasks we wanted. Amberdee3 (talk) 00:36, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

References

Nice Start!

Nice job getting started on this. Your suggestions for additions make sense. However, Since you have all signed at the bottom of each section, I can't tell who has done what on the latest assignment. Please sign each edit individually in the future J.R. Council (talk) 19:08, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

That said, I think it's time to start reading your reference material and get started on planning how to add to the content. There are lots of ways you can improve it. It really doesn't matter where you start. However, the better you organize your work at the early stages, the easier it will be to add on later. Remember the rules - encyclopedic style, no original research WP:NOR, etc.

One thing I might add is some kind of critical analysis of Levin's work. J.R. Council (talk) 22:05, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Please note: because of the way the following reference was done, it will always pop to the bottom of this page. J.R. Council (talk) 22:06, 23 October 2014 (UTC) Is Jack Levin helping with this article? The edit history indicates that Jlevin1049 has been correcting details in this article. Would not be surprised if this is Jack Levin himself. J.R. Council (talk) 21:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC) Some of the text on this page looks like it could be copied and pasted from another source. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! J.R. Council (talk) 04:43, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Feedback for Assignment 9

General comments: You’ve got a lot of really good ideas for this article on the talk page. It’s time to start putting them into the main article.

See the brochure, Editing Wikipedia Articles on Psychology, 2nd page, Organizing your article/An article on a psychologist. See comment 3, below. I think your outline pretty much follows that breakdown. Just move that material over, flesh it out a little, make sure you’re not using primary source material.

• Would be nice to add his picture

• Also add:

• Infobox scientist

Look at other Wikipedia biographical articles (e.g., James J. Gibson )to see how infobox is used.

Comments on specific sections of the main article follow:

1. Top banner – check to see if this is still true. If not, remove.

2. This article does not have sections at this point. First paragraph can serve as introduction. Remember, intro does not need a section title.

3. For breaking this article up into sections, see the brochure, Editing Wikipedia Articles on Psychology, 2nd page, Organizing your article/An article on a psychologist. J.R. Council (talk) 22:19, 13 November 2014 (UTC)