NCJ Number
37977
Date Published
1976
Length
27 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE TRACES THE EVOLUTION OF THE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES WITH WHICH CRIMINOLOGISTS SHAW AND MCKAY APPROACHED THEIR DATA AND WHICH, IN TURN, GUIDED THEIR EMPIRICAL INQUIRIES ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.
Abstract
THIS PAPER DEPICTS THE WORK OF SHAW AND MCKAY AS ORIGINATING A TRADITION OF RESEARCH IN DELINQUENCY WHICH HAS BEEN OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE IN AMERICAN SOCIOLOGY. TOPICS ADDRESSED INCLUDE SOCIAL CONTROL, ORGANIZATION, AND DISORGANIZATION; DELINQUENT TRADITIONS AND BECOMING DELINQUENT; STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION OF DELINQUENCY TRADITION; THE FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH; THE INTERACTIONIST APPROACH; CONVERGENCE TOWARDS INTERACTIONIST APPROACH; AND THE FUTURE OF THE SHAW AND MCKAY TRADITION.