ABSTRACT
This chapter traces Edwin H. Sutherland's early career after his graduation from the University of Chicago in 1913. It focuses on his first teaching position at William Jewell College, where he was discontented and longed for professional recognition and upward mobility. The chapter then traces his path to the University of Illinois. During his final year at the University of Chicago Sutherland was offered a teaching position at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. The six years spent at William Jewell were not very satisfying to Sutherland. In his six years at William Jewell he wrote just one article, "What Rural Health Surveys Have Revealed". In 1919 he was offered a position as assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois. As he wrote Criminology, Sutherland was aware of the inadequacy of his theoretical understanding of the causes of crime. Criminology contains three and one-half pages that discuss the role of isolation as a cause of crime.
