Social Class and Deviant Behavior

Sociological theories which posit an inverse causal relationship between social class and deviant behavior are able to coexist with other sociological theories stressing a positive relationship between social class and deviance because of the present theoretical and empirical inability to distinguish between them. In order to resolve this dilemma, class-deviance theorists are advised to restrict their concern to behaviors that show promise of class linkage, to specify limiting conditions in the formation of propositions, and to entertain reasonable alternative explanations. Methodologists could also profit by employing multiple measures of the class variable, by utilizing a more precise cutting point strategy with respect to class, and by using both self-report and official indicators of deviance

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• Culture Conflict and Crime

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• Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas

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• Some Statistical Problems in Research Design

  Leslie Kish•American Sociological Review•1959

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• The Distribution of Juvenile Delinquency in the Social Class Structure

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• The Measurement of Delinquency

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• Traffic Law Violation

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• Reported Behavior as a Criterion of Deviant Behavior

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• Anomie and Its Alternatives

  Open Access•Robert W Winslow•Sociological Quarterly•1967

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• Status Deprivation and Delinquent Behavior

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• Socioeconomic Status and Delinquent Behavior

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