Jesse R. Pitts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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sociologist
Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1921
Place of Birth: East Palestine, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 02-Aug-2003
Profession: sociologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jesse R. Pitts
- Jesse Richard Pitts (1921–2003), was an American sociologist specializing in deviance and social control, family sociology, sociological theory, French society, and criminology.
- He is considered one of the leading disciples of Talcott Parsons, dean of American sociologists for much of the 20th century.
- Pitts is perhaps best known for his contributions to a large textbook on sociology, Theories of Society: Foundations of Modern Sociological Theory, edited by Parsons and published in 1961.
- He pioneered sociological work on marginality, deviance and conformity.
- He was interested particularly in criminology and the institutional treatment of mental illness.
- Raised on both sides of the Atlantic, Pitts felt at home in France as much as in the United States.
- He created the Franco-American periodical The Tocqueville Review, serving as editor from 1978 to 1991.
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