Rita J. Simon
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| Born | Rita Mintz November 26, 1931 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 25, 2013 (aged 81) Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
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| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1966) |
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| Thesis | Jurors' reactions to alternative definitions of legal insanity (1957) |
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| Sub-discipline | Sociology of law |
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Rita James Simon (November 26, 1931 – July 25, 2013) was an American sociologist. A 1966 Guggenheim Fellow, she wrote dozens of books and volumes in fields such as law, sociology, and women's studies, and she was the editor for American Sociological Review, Gender Issues, and Justice Quarterly. She worked as a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and American University.