James Melvin Reinhardt

Born 1894-10-05 Dalton, GA (USA)

Died 1974-04-23

Buried
Minneapolis, MN (USA)
Fort Snelling National Cemetery

Dr. Reinhardt taught and practiced criminology for over forty years. He retired from the University of Nebraska in June, 1963 after 32 years of teaching. He served as the Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska for many years. He is best known locally for his books on Charles Starkweather. Reinhardt interviewed Starkweather in prison. Reinhardt was also a lecturer at the F.B.I. Academy. Reinhardt worked nationally and internationally with law enforcement, sociologists and psychologists and was considered to be one of the foremost authorities on crime.

Places Lived

Dalton, GA
Berea, KY
Grand Forks, ND
Eugene, OR
Lincoln, NE

Author Of

Nonfiction

Keywords

Criminology

Education

Bachelor of Arts Degree, 1923, Berea College, Berea, KY
Master of Arts Degree, 1925, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Ph.D., 1929, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Occupation

Chairman of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Nebraska
Lecturer at the F.B.I. Training Academy

Places Worked

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
F.B.I. Training Academy

Honors

Received the Annual Distinguished Service Award of the Police Hall of Fame (the first time an educator had been honored in this field) May 1963

Associations

Has worked with J. Edgar Hoover
Most noted criminal that Reinhardt has interviewed and studied was Charles Starkweather

Bibliography

Sex Perversions and Sex Crimes. 1957.
The Murderous Trail of Charles Starkweather. 1960.
Nothing Left but Murder, 1970.

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