Georg Rusche Explained

Georg Rusche (1900–1950) was a German political economist and criminologist, co-author with Otto Kirchheimer of Punishment and Social Structure (1939).^[1]

He committed suicide in Uxbridge in October 1950.

Works

• 'Labor Market and Penal Sanction', 1933
• (with Otto Kirchheimer) Punishment and Social Structure, 1939.

Notes and References

1. Dario Melossi, 'Georg Rusche: a biographical essay', Crime and Social Justice, No. 14 (Winter 1980), pp.51-63