Gang delinquency and delinquent subcultures. / Edited by James F. Short, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Short, James F., Jr., 1924-2018, compiler.

Series:

Readers in social problems

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

viii, 328 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, [1968]

Contents:

The cherubs are rumbling, by W. Bernstein.

Aggression in a boys' street-corner group, by W. B. Miller, H. Geertz, and H. S. G. Cutter.

Juvenile delinquency: a group tradition, by C. Shaw.

Leadership and the power situation, by H. A. Bloch and A. Niederhoffer.

Drug addiction among young persons in Chicago, by S. Kobrin and H. Finestone.

Lower class culture as a generating milieu of gang delinquency, by W. B. Miller.

Illegitimate means, anomie, and deviant behavior, by R. A. Cloward.

Criteria of status among street groups, by S. Kobrin, J. Puntil, and E. Peluso.

Significant adults, caretakers, and structures of opportunity; an exploratory study, by R. J. Rivera and J. J. Short, Jr.

Why gangs fight, by J. J. Short, Jr. and F. L. Strodtbeck.

Groups, gangs, and cohesiveness, by M. W. Klein and L. Y. Crawford.

Aleatory risks versus short-run hedonism in explanation of gang action, by F. L. Strodtbeck and J. F. Short, Jr.

Notes:

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 297-322).

OCLC:

436272