Edwin Schur

Edwin Michael Schur was a prominent American sociologist and criminologist who served as Professor of Sociology at New York University from 1971. He was a pioneering figure in critical criminology and labeling theory, best known for developing the concept of 'victimless crime' and the theory of radical non-intervention in juvenile delinquency, which argued that delinquents differ from non-delinquents primarily through court system processing rather than inherent differences.