UID:
almahu_9949501732102882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000862966
,
1000862968
,
9781003340805
,
1003340806
,
9781000863048
,
1000863042
Series Statement:
Selected works pf Pearl Jephcott: Social issues and social research
Content:
Written in 1954 and published here for the first time, The Social Background of Delinquency deals with the social climate in which juvenile delinquency crops up time after time. It examines bad' behaviour among people who could otherwise be classed as normal' members of ordinary English society. It attempts to explore certain aspects of the sub-cultures within respectable society which appear to breed behaviour officially classed as delinquent'. The research is based on a working-class town in the Midlands with a high proportion of miners and observes a pair of similar streets in five areas of the town. Each pair of streets containing one delinquency-free and one with a history of trouble. Not content with a mere survey, the research design is multifaceted and includes ethnographic observations, key informant interviews, personal history analyses and 'the playroom method' explicitly designed to ascertain children's views. The findings are reported here and represent a snapshot of life in the 1950s.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1032375566
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032375564
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003340805
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003340805
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