In the 1950s he was appointed a Law professor at Yale, one of the youngest to ever hold that position.
Skolnick noted one incident where police coerced a man to confess to over 400 burglaries so that they could have a high rate of crime solving (clearance).
His awards include Carnegie, Guggenheim and National Science Foundation fellowships as well as prizes for distinguished scholarship from the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Western Society of Criminology.
[3] Jerry received widespread recognition in the United States and abroad throughout his long career.
While attending Yale Law School, Jerome married Arlene Silberstein[6][7] in New Haven, Connecticut.