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Clifford Shaw

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Clifford Shaw
Born1895 (1895)
Died1957 (aged 61–62)
NationalityAmerican
EducationAdrian College
Johns Hopkins University
University of Chicago
Known forJuvenile delinquency
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
Sociology
InstitutionsGeorge Williams College
Central YMCA College
Institute for Juvenile Research
University of Chicago

Clifford Robe Shaw (1895 – 1957) was an American sociologist and criminologist. He was a major figure in the Chicago School of sociology during the 1930s and 1940s, and is considered to be one of the most influential figures in American criminology.[1] His work on juvenile delinquency with Henry D. McKay, conducted in the late 1920s, played a pivotal role in moving the study of such delinquency toward the discipline of sociology, and away from psychology and psychiatry.[2] Shaw and McKay's work spanned three general areas: studying geographic variation in rates of juvenile delinquency, the study of autobiographical works by delinquents, and the development of the Chicago Area Project, a delinquency prevention program in the Chicago area related to his Social Disorganization theory. The two studies published by Shaw and McKay in the 1930s and 1940s were still held in high regard among social scientists in the 1970s.[3]

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  1. ^ Gelsthorpe, Loraine (2009-12-04). "Clifford Shaw (1895-1957)". In Hayward, Keith; Maruna, Shadd; Mooney, Jayne (eds.). Fifty Key Thinkers in Criminology. Routledge. ISBN 978-1135265397.
  2. ^ Binder, Arnold (2003). "Shaw, Clifford R. (1895–1957)". Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, California, 91320, United States: SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 350. doi:10.4135/9781412950640.n109. ISBN 978-0-7619-2358-9.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Snodgrass, Jon (1976). "CLIFFORD R. SHAW AND HENRY D. McKAY: CHICAGO CRIMINOLOGISTS". The British Journal of Criminology. 16 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a046684. ISSN 0007-0955. JSTOR 23636249.