Nils Christie

Nils Christie
Nils Christie speaking at Utah Valley State College in 2007
Born	(1928-02-24)24 February 1928 Oslo, Norway
Died	27 May 2015(2015-05-27) (aged 87) Oslo, Norway
Citizenship	Norwegian
Awards	Fritt Ord Award (2001)
Scientific career
Fields	Criminology, Sociology

Nils Christie (24 February 1928 – 27 May 2015)^[1] was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. He was a professor of criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Considered a leading figure of his field, Christie is one of two Norwegian social scientists covered in the book 50 Key Thinkers in Criminology (Routledge, 2009), alongside sociologist Thomas Mathiesen.^[2]