John Goldkamp
{{short description|American criminologist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date |1947|12|20}}
| birth_place = Orange, New Jersey, US
| death_date = {{death date and age |2012|08|26 |1947|12|20}}
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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| fields = Criminal justice
| workplaces = Temple University
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| education = Wesleyan University
University at Albany
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| thesis_title = Bail decision-making and the role of pre-trial detention in American criminal justice
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| thesis_year = 1977
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| known_for = Work on drug courts
| awards = 2012 August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology
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- Mona Margarita
- Rely Vilcica (until his death)
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John S. Goldkamp (December 20, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey – August 26, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American criminologist who was a professor at Temple University for over 25 years.{{Cite web |url=http://www.courtinnovation.org/research/john-goldkamp-professor-criminal-justice-temple-university |title=John Goldkamp, Professor of Criminal Justice, Temple University |date=2013-02-22 |website=www.courtinnovation.org |access-date=2017-08-17}}{{Cite web |url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-02/news/33549675_1_criminal-justice-first-drug-court-department-chair |title=Criminal justice scholar had national influence |last=Naedele |first=Walter F. |date=2012-09-02 |website=The Philadelphia Inquirer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414120505/http://articles.philly.com/2012-09-02/news/33549675_1_criminal-justice-first-drug-court-department-chair |archive-date=2016-04-14 |access-date=2017-08-17}} From 1979 to 1983, and again from 2004 to 2010, he was the chair of the department of criminal justice at Temple.
Early life and education
Goldkamp was born in Orange, New Jersey on December 20, 1947. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in French literature, after which he began graduate work at the University at Albany.{{Cite press release |title=Dr. John S. Goldkamp, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University (12/20-1947-8/26/2012) |date=2012-08-29 |publisher=Temple University |url=https://liberalarts.temple.edu/about-us/newsroom/dr-john-s-goldkamp-professor-department-criminal-justice-temple-university-1220 |access-date=2017-08-17 |archive-date=2017-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817081405/https://liberalarts.temple.edu/about-us/newsroom/dr-john-s-goldkamp-professor-department-criminal-justice-temple-university-1220 |url-status=dead }} He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the University at Albany in 1975 and 1977, respectively, where he was influenced by such scholars as Michael Hindelang and Michael Gottfredson.
Work
Goldkamp was known for studying drug courts in the United States.{{Cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,978865-8,00.html |title=Truth, Justice and the Reno Way |last=Gibbs |first=Nancy |date=1993-07-12 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |access-date=2017-08-17}} In particular, a study of a Florida drug court he published in the early 1990s is credited with encouraging many other parts of the United States to adopt such courts. He is also known for developing the first bail guidelines in the United States, which he produced in 1986 for the city of Philadelphia.
Death
Goldkamp died on August 26, 2012, of multiple myeloma, at the University of Pennsylvania's hospital in Philadelphia. He was 64 years old.
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