Raymond Paternoster

Raymond Paternoster
Born(1952-02-29)February 29, 1952
DiedMarch 5, 2017(2017-03-05) (aged 65)
EducationUniversity of Delaware (B.A., 1972), Southern Illinois University (M.S., 1975), Florida State University (Ph.D., 1978)
Known forResearch on racial bias in capital punishment
SpouseRonet Bachman
ChildrenJohn Bachman-Paternoster
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland
ThesisThe Labeling Effects of Police Apprehension: Identity, Exclusion and Secondary Deviance (1978)

Raymond Paternoster (February 29, 1952 – March 5, 2017) was an American criminologist who taught at the University of Maryland from 1982 until his death in 2017.