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Cohen, Albert K. (1955) Delinquent Boys - The Culture of the Gang New York: Free Press, Macmillan Publishing, pp198. 'Delinquent boys' explores the sociological approaches to male juvenile delinquency and examines the primary sites for the construction of gang culture. Written by Albert Cohen an educational academic, the book delivers not only an outlook of juvenile delinquency but of the American value and class system. Cohen, a sub cultural theorist tries to address in this book "why a particular sub culture with a certain distinctive content is found in a particular role sector in society" (p.148). He addresses juvenile delinquency as not being an inborn disposition, but is to do with the social groups they are in. According to Cohen, deviant sub culture is rooted from values of those who differ to the individuals of the prevailing culture. In his book Cohen argues that, delinquent youths are a result of status...

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