Criminologists and Reformers

Johannes Schober

Police Official

Citation Formats

General Reference

Crime and Justice Atlas. "Johannes Schober." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-crime.interactiveatlas.org/criminologists/johannes-schober.

APA Style

Crime and Justice Atlas. (n.d.). Johannes Schober. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-crime.interactiveatlas.org/criminologists/johannes-schober

BibTeX

@misc{crimeandjusticeatlas-johannes-schober,
  author = {Crime and Justice Atlas},
  title = {Johannes Schober},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-crime.interactiveatlas.org/criminologists/johannes-schober},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Austrian police official, Chief of the Vienna Police, who convened the 1923 International Criminal Police Congress that established the International Criminal Police Commission, the direct predecessor of INTERPOL, and served as its founding President until his death in 1932.

Facts

Birth Yearthe subject's own account

1874 1

Death Yearthe subject's own account

1932 1

Birthplacethe subject's own account

Perg, Austria-Hungary 1

Nationality

Austrian 2

Defining Contribution

Convened the 1923 Vienna congress that founded the International Criminal Police Commission, INTERPOL's direct predecessor, and served as its founding President. 2

Cross-Tradition Connections

Institutions Founded

Interpol

Schober convened the 1923 Vienna congress that founded INTERPOL's direct predecessor, the International Criminal Police Commission, and served as its founding President.

Source INTERPOL: How Our History Started

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Johannes Schober

WikipediaInfobox, birth date

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