{"id":2211,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2211"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"williams, vergil lewis, 1935-  ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"WILLIAMS, VERGIL LEWIS, 1935-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officer.  Born&#8211;  September 29, 1935, in Crosbyton, Tex.  Parents&#8211;   Albert Lewis and Neola (Bell) Williams.  Married&#8211;  Vergnel Campbell Smith, June 6, 1957.  Children&#8211;  One.  Married&#8211;  Velma Arlene Minor, December 23, 1974.  Children&#8211;  One.  Education&#8211;  West Texas State University, B.S., 1966; Southern Illinois University, 1966-1968; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1971.  Farmer, 1953-1960; policeman, 1960-1970.  Taught criminal justice at University of Alabama, 1971.  Member&#8211;  International Association of Chiefs of Police, American Society of Criminology, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, U.S. Parachute Association <\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contemporary Authors, Vol. 57.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Convicts, Codes and Contraband;  the Prison Life of Men and Women.  Cambridge,                      Mass.;  Ballinger Pub., 1974. <\/p>\n<p>     Dictionary of American Penology;  an Introductory Guide.  Westport, Conn.;  Greenwood Press,      1979. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Introduction to Criminal Justice.  Albany, N.Y.;  Delmar, 1982.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Victimology;  a New Focus, Vol, 2, Society&#8217;s Reaction to Victimization.  Lexington,                 Mass.;  Lexington Books, 1974. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Law enforcement officer. Born&#8211; September 29, 1935, in Crosbyton, Tex. Parents&#8211; Albert Lewis and Neola (Bell) Williams. Married&#8211; Vergnel Campbell Smith, June 6, 1957. Children&#8211; One. Married&#8211; Velma Arlene Minor, December 23, 1974. Children&#8211; One. Education&#8211; West Texas State University, B.S., 1966; Southern Illinois University, 1966-1968; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1971. Farmer, 1953-1960; policeman, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-w-z"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}