American sociologist whose research on the geographic distribution of juvenile delinquency in Chicago, conducted with Henry D. McKay, became the basis for social disorganization theory.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCo-developed social disorganization theory with Henry D. McKay, published as Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas (1942). 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Clifford R. Shaw
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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.
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