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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Murray Straus

Children
  
2

Known for
  
Conflict Tactics Scale


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Institutions
  
University of New Hampshire

Alma mater
  
University of Wisconsin (BA, MS, and PhD)

Institution
  
University of New Hampshire

Academic advisors
  
William H. Sewell

Murray A. Straus (June 18, 1926 – May 13, 2016) was an American professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire.

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Professional life

Straus was born to Samuel and Kathleen Straus in New York City on June 18, 1926. Straus' research focused on families, corporal punishment, and intimate partner violence with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons. He founded the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire. Straus served as president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (1989-90) and the Eastern Sociological Society (1991-92). He was also a founding editor of the peer-review academic journals Teaching Sociology and Journal of Family Issues.

Achievements and awards

  • Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Research on Aggression - 2008
  • Ernest W. Burgess Award - 1977

    • References

    Murray A. Straus Wikipedia
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