Rare Copy of Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang by shops Albert Cohen Published by The Free Press 1955 First Edition

First Edition of Delinquent Boys The Culture of the Gang by Albert Cohen. Published by The Free Press 1955. A hard to find copy of Albert Cohen's book on subcultural theory of delinquent gangs. Dust jacket wrapped in plastic. Light blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering on spine. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Rough cut pages. No markings. Natural tanning of pages due to age. No missing or torn pages. Spine is stable and intact. A lovely copy of this book! Please see pictures or message me for shops additional information.

From Britannica Online-"Albert Cohen is an American criminologist best known for his subcultural theory of delinquentgangs. In 1993 Cohen received the Edwin H. Sutherland Award from the American Society of Criminology for his outstanding contributions to criminological theory and research.

In Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang (1955), Cohen tied these divergent approaches together in a single theory. Proposing a general theory ofsubcultures, Cohen argued that similar ideas tend to arise among people who experience similar social circumstances. He maintained that delinquent youths generally lack the means to achieve social status along conventional lines, and in response they form groups (gangs) that invert the conventional expectations in terms of which status is achieved. For example, whereas conventional society confers status for academic achievement, gangs confer status for academic failure."