Richard Quinney (born 1934) is an American sociologist, writer, and photographer known for his philosophical and critical approach to crime and social justice. Quinney grew up on a farm in Walworth County, Wisconsin.[1] After earning his PhD in sociology from the University of Wisconsin, he taught at several universities on the East Coast and in the Midwest. He was awarded the Edwin Sutherland Award in 1984 by the American Society of Criminology for his contributions to criminological theory. He is currently professor emeritus of sociology at Northern Illinois University.
Richard Quinney is also the author of several books that combine photography with autobiographical writing. He founded the independent press Borderland Books in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition to Quinney's works, the press publishes books by other notable Wisconsin authors such as Roy Chapman Andrews, Glenway Wescott, and August Derleth.
He has two daughters, Laura and Anne, and lives with his wife Solveig in Madison, Wisconsin.
Bibliography
Books—memoir, natural history, and photography
Journey to a Far Place, Temple University Press, 1991.
For the Time Being, State University Press of New York, 1998.
Borderland: A Midwest Journal, University of Wisconsin Press, 2001.
Where Yet the Sweet Birds Sing, Borderland Books, 2006.
Once Again the Wonder, Borderland Books, 2006.
Of Time and Place, Borderland Books, 2006.
Tales from the Middle Border, Borderland Books, 2007
Things Once Seen, Borderland Books, 2008
Field Notes, Borderland Books, 2008
A Lifetime Burning, Borderland Books, 2010
Once Upon an Island, Borderland Books, 2011
A Farm in Wisconsin, Borderland Books, 2012
Ox Herding in Wisconsin, Borderland Books, 2013
This World of Dreams, Borderland Books, 2014
Diary of a Camera, Borderland Books, 2015
Ox Herding in Wisconsin, Borderland Books, 2015
The Morning Hour, Borderland Books, 2016
Sketches: A Childhood Remembered, Borderland Books, 2016
Mystery of the Marsh, Borderland Books, 2016
Still Life with Camera, Borderland Books, 2016
To This I Am Native, Borderland Books, 2018
On the Open Road, Borderland Books, 2018
Of Time and Place: A Family Farm in Wisconsin, Borderland Books, 2018
Diary From the Old Place, Borderland Books, 2019
Books—academic sociology
Criminal Behavior Systems, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.
The Problem of Crime, Dodd, Mead, 1970.
The Social Reality of Crime, Little, Brown, 1974.
Critique of Legal Order, Little, Brown, 1974.
Criminology, Little, Brown, 1975.
Class, State, and Crime, Longman, 1977.
Providence, Longman, 1980.
Social Existence, Sage, 1982.
Criminology as Peacemaking, Indiana University Press, 1991.
Erich Fromm and Critical Criminology, University of Illinois Press, 2000.
Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice, SUNY Press, 2000.
Bartollas, Clemens and Dragan Milovanovic. Richard Quinney: Journey of Discovery. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Cullen, Francis T. and Pamela Wilcox. "Richard Quinney: Social Transformation and Peacemaking Criminology," Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory. Sage Publications, 2010, pp. 754–764.
Martin, R., Mutchnick, R.J., Austin, W., (1990) Criminological Thought: Pioneers Past and Present. New York: Macmillan, 379–404.
Mobley, A.; Pepinsky, H.; Terry, C. (2002). "Exploring the paradox of the (un)reality of Richard Quinney's criminology". Crime & Delinquency. 48 (2): 316–332. doi:10.1177/0011128702048002008. S2CID145708821.
"Richard Quinney on the transformation of self and others: an interview," (2006) Contemporary Justice Review 9: 277–282
Sullivan, D. (1989). "Richard Quinney: An Interview". The Critical Criminologist. 1: 11–14.
Sullivan, D. (2010). "The things a man once saw (and was): An appreciation of Richard Quinney". Contemporary Justice Review. 13 (3): 321–330. doi:10.1080/10282580.2010.498243. S2CID143817470.
Wozniak, J.F. (2002). "Toward a theoretical model of peacemaking criminology: an essay in honor of Richard Quinney". Crime & Delinquency. 48 (2): 204–31. doi:10.1177/0011128702048002002. S2CID144213199.
Wozniak, John F. (2008) and Michael C. Braswell, Ronald E. Vogel, and Kristie R. Blevins. Transformative Justice: Critical and Peacemaking Themes Influenced by Richard Quinney. Lexington Books.
