Qualitative Criminology (QC)
Abstract
"While recently reviewing a manuscript submission for a sociology journal and noticing Becker’s (1963) appearance in the body of the text, I discovered, when skimming the references, that the citation read “The Outsiders.” I remember wondering just how familiar the authors may have been with Outsiders or if they had actually read it – given that they got the title wrong. After all, Outsiders has become one of those books that simply must be cited. And, with growing interest among younger scholars in field research, deviant groups, cultural criminology and inductive analysis, Outsiders has become symbolic of good work that must be recognized, deferred to, mentioned if only in passing, and cited regardless of one’s familiarity with it. It’s Outsiders after all and it simply must be included, so goes the reasoning."
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Recommended Citation
Tunnell, Kenneth D.
(2014)
"Howard S. Becker, Outsiders: Studies in the
Sociology of Deviance,"
Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol2/iss1/12
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