The Jack-Roller: A Delinquent Boy's Own Story - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Clifford R. Shaw, Howard S. Becker, Ernest W. BurgessSeries:Phoenix BooksPublish date:1966-12-15Pages:225
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226751269ISBN-10:226751260UPC:9780226751269Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:CriminologySize:8.16 x 5.27 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SC5F3NZZ2Z
The Jack-Roller tells the story of Stanley, a pseudonym Clifford Shaw gave to his informant and co-author, Michael Peter Majer. Stanley was sixteen years old when Shaw met him in 1923 and had recently been released from the Illinois State Reformatory at Pontiac, after serving a one-year sentence for burglary and jack-rolling (mugging), Vivid, authentic, this is the autobiography of a delinquent--his experiences, influences, attitudes, and values. The Jack-Roller helped to establish the life-history or "own story" as an important instrument of sociological research. The book remains as relevant today to the study and treatment of juvenile delinquency and maladjustment as it was when originally published in 1930.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226751269ISBN-10:226751260UPC:9780226751269Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:CriminologySize:8.16 x 5.27 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SC5F3NZZ2Z
Becker, Howard S.: - Howard S. Becker has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. He received a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he was also an instructor in sociology and social sciences. He was professor of sociology at Northwestern University for twenty-five years and later became a professor of sociology and an adjunct professor of music at the University of Washington. He lives and works in San Francisco and Paris.
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