Crime and Justice at the Millennium: Essays by and in Honor of Marvin E. WolfgangIra Lipman Marvin Wolfgang was the greatest criminologist in the United States of America in the last half of the 20th century, if not the entire century. We first met on March 3, 1977, in Philadelphia. I sought him out after his work with Edwin Newman's NBC Reports: Violence in America. He was a tender, loving, caring individual who loved excellence whether it be an intellectual challenge, the arts or any other pursuit. It is a great privilege to