Murray A. Straus | |
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| Born | Murray Arnold Straus (1926-06-18)June 18, 1926 New York City |
| Died | May 13, 2016(2016-05-13) (aged 89) |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin (B.A., M.S., Ph.D.)[3] |
| Known for | Conflict Tactics Scale |
| Spouse | Dorothy Dunn Straus[3] |
| Children | 2 |
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| Institutions | University of New Hampshire |
| Academic advisors | William H. Sewell[1] |
| Doctoral students | David Finkelhor[2] |
| Website | pubpages |
Murray Arnold Straus[4] (June 18, 1926 – May 13, 2016)[5][3] was an American professor ofsociology at theUniversity of New Hampshire. He is best known for creating theconflict tactics scale, the "most widely used instrument in research onfamily violence".[6]
Straus was born to Samuel and Kathleen Straus in New York City on June 18, 1926.[3] Straus' research focused on families, corporal punishment, and intimate partner violence with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons.[1][5][7] He founded the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire.[8] Straus served as president of theSociety for the Study of Social Problems (1989–90) and theEastern Sociological Society (1991–92).[9] He was also a founding editor of the peer-review academic journalsTeaching Sociology andJournal of Family Issues.[9]
He was married to Dorothy Dunn Straus and had a son and a daughter from a previous marriage.[10]
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