Ekland-Olson, Sheldon, Papers 1978-1982

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Ekland-Olson, Sheldon, Papers 1978-1982

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The Sheldon Ekland-Olson Papers, 1978-1982, consist of court and prison documents used as research material for Texas Prisons: The Walls Came Tumbling Down.

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Ekland-Olson, Sheldon, 1944-

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Born in Southern California, Sheldon Ekland-Olson earned his bachelor’s degree from Seattle Pacific University in 1966, and his doctorate in sociology from the University of Washington five years later. As a postdoctoral fellow at Yale Law School, Ekland-Olson became interested in the criminal justice issues that informed his future research. After joining the University of Texas at Austin’s Sociology department in 1971, Ekland-Olson authored or co-authored six books, mo...