2nd Edition

Delinquency and Drift

By David Matza Copyright 1990
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

The first C. Wright Mills Award-winning book, Delinquency and Drift has become a recognized classic in the fields of criminology and social problems. In it, Matza argues persuasively that delinquent thought and delinquent action are distorted reflections of the ideas and practices that pervade contemporary juvenile law and its administration. His ideas are as persuasive today as when they were... Read more
1: The Positive Delinquent; 2: The Subculture of Delinquency; 3: The Negation of Offense; 4: The Sense of Injustice; 5: Custom, Tort, and Injustice; 6: Drifting into Delinquency

Biography

David Matza