Sociology Review: The Saints and the Roughnecks
The Saints and the Roughnecks is sociologist William J. Chambliss’ account of two teenage delinquent groups that lived in the same community but hailed from different strata of the society. The narrative deals with the society’s perception of the groups’ delinquent activities and its consequences on the well-being of the society and the teenagers’ future. Chambliss has obviously developed a broad social perspective of the manner in which teenagers studying at Hannibal High reacted to their surroundings. Teenage delinquency is indeed one of the most pressing social problems faced by the United States today (America’s Children in Brief, ...