Delinquency and Opportunity: A Study of Delinquent Gangs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415510394)

First published in 1998. This is Volume VI of the twelve in the Sociology of Youth and Adolescence series and focuses on delinquent subcultures and theories around masculine identification, adolescence and lower-class culture, alienation and illegitimate means. This study is an attempt to explore two questions: (l) Why do delinquent norms, or rules of conduct, develop? (2) What are the conditions which account for the distinctive content of various systems of delinquent norms such as those prescribing violence or theft or drug-use?

Author: Richard A. Cloward, L. E. Ohlin
ISBN-10: 0415510392
ISBN-13: 9780415510394
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2011
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d