Herman Goldstein

{{Short description|American criminologist (1931–2020)}}

{{For|the American mathematician and computer scientist|Herman Goldstine}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|12|8}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=5xs8AQAAIAAJ&q=herman+goldstein+wisconsin+1931 1996 Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, pg. 2542]

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| fields = Criminal law

| workplaces = University of Wisconsin Law School

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| known_for = Problem-oriented policing

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| awards = Stockholm Prize

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Herman Goldstein (December 8, 1931 – January 24, 2020){{cite book |last1=Bumgarner |first1=Jeff |title=Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook, 2nd Edition: A Reference Handbook |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781610698528 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0CWMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 |language=en}} was an American criminologist and legal scholar known for developing the problem-oriented policing model. He was Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he began teaching in 1964. He previously worked as an assistant to the then-superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, O.W. Wilson. In 2018, he was awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in honor of his research on policing.{{cite web |title=Herman Goldstein wins international Stockholm Prize in Criminology |url=https://law.wisc.edu/newsletter/Articles/Herman_Goldstein_wins_internatio_2017-11-07 |website=University of Wisconsin Law School |accessdate=2 February 2019}}

Goldstein died in January 2020 at the age of 88.[https://improvingpolice.blog/2020/01/24/herman-goldstein-1931-2020/ Herman Goldstein: 1931-2020]{{cite web|url=https://news.wisc.edu/policing-pioneer-law-school-professor-herman-goldstein-dies-at-88/|title=Policing pioneer, law school professor Herman Goldstein dies at 88|first=Käri|last=Knutson|website=University of Wisconsin-Madison|date=January 24, 2020}} His funeral took place at Beth Israel Center in Madison, WI.