| Herman Goldstein | |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1931[1] |
| Birth Place: | New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Criminal law |
| Workplaces: | University of Wisconsin Law School |
| Education: | University of Pennsylvania |
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| Known For: | Problem-oriented policing |
| Awards: | Stockholm Prize |
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| Children: | 3 |
Herman Goldstein (December 8, 1931 – January 24, 2020)[2] was an American criminologist and legal scholar known for developing the problem-oriented policing model. He was Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he began teaching in 1964. He previously worked as an assistant to the then-superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, O.W. Wilson. In 2018, he was awarded the Stockholm Prize in Criminology in honor of his research on policing.[3]
Goldstein died in January 2020 at the age of 88.[4] [5] His funeral took place at Beth Israel Center in Madison, WI.