Practice mode Social Stratification

Who carried out observational research on two groups of high-school boys, the Saints and the Roughnecks, and concluded that social class shaped their contrasting fortunes?

Correct answer D. William Chambliss

Explanation

William Chambliss found that middle-class Saints and working-class Roughnecks were equally delinquent, yet only the Roughnecks were labelled deviant, showing how class affects official reactions.

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