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{{Short description|American social work scientist (1928–2003)}}
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| name = Howard W. Polsky
| birth_name = Howard William Polsky
| birth_date = {{birth date |1928|04|16}}
| birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]
| death_date = {{death date and age |2003|10|19 |1928|04|16}}
| death_place = [[New York City]]
| fields = [[Social work]]
| workplaces = [[Columbia University]]
| known_for = [[Polsky's Diamond]]|
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'''Howard William Polsky''' (16 April 1928 - 19 October 2003) was an [[United States|American]] [[social work]] scientist at [[Columbia University]], who researched [[social systems]] and fought socially based [[juvenile delinquency|delinquency]] through youth group analyses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berger |first1=Roni |title=The Gentle Giant of Child and Adolescent Residential Care: In Memory of Howard W. Polsky |journal=Residential Treatment for Children & Youth |date=14 July 2004 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1300/J007v21n04_01}}</ref> He notably conceptualized Polsky's Diamond, a typology of [[Informal group (taxonomy)|informal groups]].
 
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