Stanley Cohen
Stanley Cohen (1942–2013) was a British sociologist, criminologist and university teacher.
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Born at Johannesburg in 1942, died in London in 2013.
Stanley Cohen studied at University of the Witwatersrand and London School of Economics and Political Science. The recorded working language is English and Hebrew.
The field of work recorded is sociology, social control and deviance.
Employment is recorded with University of Essex, London School of Economics and Political Science and Durham University.
Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the British Academy and honorary doctor of the University of Essex.
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- London
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Johannesburg
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.
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