| John S. Goldkamp | |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Orange, New Jersey, US |
| Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
| Fields: | Criminal justice |
| Workplaces: | Temple University |
| Education: | Wesleyan University University at Albany |
| Thesis Title: | Bail decision-making and the role of pre-trial detention in American criminal justice |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5211330 |
| Thesis Year: | 1977 |
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| Known For: | Work on drug courts |
| Awards: | 2012 August Vollmer Award from the American Society of Criminology |
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John S. Goldkamp (December 20, 1947 in Orange, New Jersey – August 26, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American criminologist who was a professor at Temple University for over 25 years.[1] [2] From 1979 to 1983, and again from 2004 to 2010, he was the chair of the department of criminal justice at Temple.[2]
Goldkamp was born in Orange, New Jersey on December 20, 1947. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in French literature, after which he began graduate work at the University at Albany.[3] He received his master's and doctoral degrees from the University at Albany in 1975 and 1977, respectively,[2] where he was influenced by such scholars as Michael Hindelang and Michael Gottfredson.[3]
Goldkamp was known for studying drug courts in the United States.[3] [4] In particular, a study of a Florida drug court he published in the early 1990s is credited with encouraging many other parts of the United States to adopt such courts.[2] He is also known for developing the first bail guidelines in the United States, which he produced in 1986 for the city of Philadelphia.[2]
Goldkamp died on August 26, 2012, of multiple myeloma, at the University of Pennsylvania's hospital in Philadelphia. He was 64 years old.[2]