Jerzy Sarnecki

Jerzy Sarnecki (born 7 July 1947) is a professor in criminology at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Sarnecki was born to Jewish parents in Warsaw, Poland. He is a trained surveyor in Poland and came to Sweden together with his family in 1968, following the 1968 antisemitic purges. He earned a Ph.D. in sociology at Stockholm University in 1978. During his studies he also worked part-time at several youth recreation centres in Stockholm. From 1977 to 1986 worked as a researcher at the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, where he focused on juvenile delinquency. He was Head of Division at the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention from 1986 to 1993, when he became a professor in criminology at the Department of Criminology at Stockholm University. He was head of the Department of Criminology from 1993 to 1998, and again from 2001 to 2003. Sarnecki has also served as a member of the Scientific Commission of the International Society of Criminology from 2000 to 2005, and as vice-president of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology from 2001 to 2003. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology since 2005, and president of the Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology since 2004.

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Name	Sarnecki, Jerzy
Alternative names
Short description	Criminologist
Date of birth	7 July 1947
Place of birth	Warsaw, Poland
Date of death
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