A01=Clifford R. Shaw
adolescence
Author_Clifford R. Shaw
autobiography
behavior difficulties
biography
burglary
case study
Category=DNBM
Category=JKV
crime
criminal
criminology
delinquency
deviance
education
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eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
illinois
judicial system
juvenile
life history
maladjustment
masculinity
mugging
nonfiction
petty crimes
poverty
profile
reform school
sociology
state reformatory
troubled kids
underworld
Product details
- ISBN 9780226751269
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 13 x 20mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1966
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
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.
