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Nils Christie is a Norwegian criminologist and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. He is best known for his work on conflict resolution and restorative justice. He is also the author of several books, including Limits to Pain (1986) and Crime Control as Industry (1993). Christie was born in Oslo, Norway, on 24 February 1928. He studied law at the University of Oslo, graduating in 1954. He then went on to pursue a doctorate in criminology at the same university, which he completed in 1965. Christie has held various positions in the Norwegian government, including as a member of the Norwegian Penal Code Commission from 1972 to 1978. He has also served as a professor of criminology at the University of Oslo since 1965. Christie has written several books, including Limits to Pain (1986), Crime Control as Industry (1993), and Conflicts as Property (1996). He has also written numerous articles and book chapters on topics such as restorative justice, conflict resolution, and crime control. Christie has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2000 and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters' Abel Prize in 2006. As of 2021, Nils Christie is 87 years old and has a net worth of over $1 million.

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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 24 February, 1928
Birthday 24 February
Birthplace Oslo, Norway
Date of death (2015-05-27) Oslo, Norway
Died Place Oslo, Norway
Nationality Norway

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2001

Nils Christie was awarded the 2001 Fritt Ord Freedom of Expression Prize "for his original and independent contributions to the Norwegian and international social debate."

1946

Having passed examen artium at Berg Upper Secondary School in 1946, Christie graduated in sociology from the University of Oslo in 1953. His dr.philos. thesis Unge norske lovovertredere from 1959 is a comparison of all male lawbreakers born in 1933 in Norway to others born the same year. He was appointed at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo from 1959, and was a professor of criminology at the faculty from 1966. Among his books is Pinens begrensning (Limits to Pain) from 1981, which has been translated into eleven languages. His work Fangevoktere i konsentrasjonsleire (Prison Guards in Concentration Camps, 1952) was selected for the Norwegian Sociology Canon in 2009–2011. He received an honorary degree from the University of Copenhagen. Christie is well known for his longstanding criticism of drug prohibition, industrial society, and prisons.

1928

Nils Christie (24 February 1928 – 27 May 2015) was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. He was a professor of criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo.

Christie was born in Oslo on 24 February 1928, a son of Ragnvald Christie and Ruth Hellum. He married Vigdis Margit Moe in 1951, and was later married to Hedda Giertsen [no].