Born in Trondheim, Norway, he worked in Oslo
and London, England. In 1940 he moved to the US and became director
of scientific research at Sing Sing prison in New York (1948-52).
In 1966 he was appointed medical and psychiatric director of
the Foundation for the Prevention of Addictive Diseases. Abrahamsen
taught in various New York universities and wrote studies on
criminology and he founded the Forum for the Study and Prevention
of Crime at Columbia University in New York.
Bibliography
ABRAHAMSEN, David. The road to emotional maturity.
Pp. 388. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall [1958]
ABRAHAMSEN, David. The mind and death of a genius.
Pp. viii, (3)-228, illus., facs. New York: Columbia University
Press, 1946
ABRAHAMSEN, David. Who are the guilty? A study
of education and crime. Pp. 340. New York: Rinehart [1952]
ABRAHAMSEN, David. The murdering mind. [1st
ed.] Pp. 245. New York: Harper & Row [1973]
ABRAHAMSEN, David. The psychology of crime.
Pp. 358. New York: Columbia University Press, 1960
ABRAHAMSEN, David. Murder & madness: the secret
life of Jack the Ripper. Pp. xv, 219, illus., map. New York:
D. I. Fine, c1992
ABRAHAMSEN, David. The mind of the accused:
a psychiatrist in the courtroom. Pp. 224. New York: Simon
and Schuster, c1983
Links
David Abrahamsen Papers at Columbia University
