What is Nils Christie?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Nils Christie | image = Nils Christie at Third Annual Death Penalty Symposium 2007.jpg | caption = Nils Christie speaking at Utah Valley State College | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|2|24}} | birth_place = [[Oslo]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|5|27|1928|2|24}} | death_place = Oslo | citizenship = Norwegian | fields = Criminology, Sociology }} '''Nils Christie''' (February 24, 1928 &ndash; May 27, 2015) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[sociology|sociologist]] and [[criminology|criminologist]]. He was a professor of criminology at the [[Faculty of Law, University of Oslo]] since 1966. Among his books is ''Limits to Pain''. It was printed in Norwegian in 1981, ''Pinens begrensning''. It has been translated into eleven languages.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Nils Christie |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Ragnvald |last=Kalleberg |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Nils_Christie/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=5 June 2010}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Nils Christie |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Nils_Christie |language=Norwegian | accessdate=5 June 2010 }}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of sociologists from Europe]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Christie, Nils}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:European sociologists]] [[Category:Writers from Oslo]] {{bio-stub}}