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Page 102
... differentials in access to educational facilities are not explained by differences in intelligence . If children from various social classes who have the same general intelligence are compared , differentials in chances to acquire an ...
... differentials in access to educational facilities are not explained by differences in intelligence . If children from various social classes who have the same general intelligence are compared , differentials in chances to acquire an ...
Page 103
... differentials in the value placed on education reflect in large part differentials in the availability of educational opportunities . What we are suggesting is that lower - class attitudes toward education are adaptive ; that is ...
... differentials in the value placed on education reflect in large part differentials in the availability of educational opportunities . What we are suggesting is that lower - class attitudes toward education are adaptive ; that is ...
Page 150
... differential - association tra- dition , on the other hand , assumes that access to illegitimate means is variable , but it does not recognize the significance of comparable differentials in access to legitimate means . Suther- land's ...
... differential - association tra- dition , on the other hand , assumes that access to illegitimate means is variable , but it does not recognize the significance of comparable differentials in access to legitimate means . Suther- land's ...
Contents
QUESTIONS A THEORY MUST ANSWER | 31 |
SOME CURRENT THEORIES | 47 |
Lowerclass Culture and Delinquent Subcultures | 65 |
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