Rolf Loeber (June 5, 1942 – November 6, 2017) was a Dutch-born American psychologist and criminologist who specialized in the study of

juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority. In the United States of America, a juvenile delinquent is a person ...

. At the time of his death in 2017, he was Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Epidemiology at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the univers ...

, where he had taught since 1984. He was also a Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development at the

Free University of Amsterdam The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as ''VU Amsterdam'' or simply ''VU'' when in context) is a public research university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being founded in 1880. The VU Amsterdam is one of two large, publicly funded research ...

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. Along with his wife and collaborator, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, he was the co-founder and co-director of the University of Pittsburgh's Life History Studies Program. He was elected to the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier learned society and one its leading cultural i ...

in 2008.

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* 1942 births 2017 deaths American criminologists 20th-century American psychologists Dutch emigrants to the United States University of Pittsburgh faculty Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Members of the Royal Irish Academy People from Hilversum {{US-psychologist-stub