# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-ofshe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:53:12.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-ofshe"
name: "Richard Ofshe"
slug: "richard-ofshe"
description: "Richard Jason Ofshe is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his expert testimony relating to coercion in small groups, confessions, and interrogations."
tagline: "American sociologist and educator"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             9
  historical:           4.613032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ريتشارد اوفش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87"
    title: "ریچارد افسانه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ofshe"
    title: "Richard Ofshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ofshe"
    title: "Richard Ofshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%84%D1%88%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Офше, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump