Frederic Thrasher

Frederic Milton Thrasher (* 1892 in Shelbyville, Indiana, † 1970) was an American sociologist and criminologist.

As a student and colleague Robert Ezra Park Thrasher is one of the known members of the Chicago school of sociology. He earned 1916 B. A. ( Social Psychology ) at DePauw University, then in 1918 the MA ( Sociology ) at the University of Chicago, where he 1926 Ph.D. received his doctorate. From 1930 to 1959 he was a professor of sociology at New York University.

Thrasher worked on issues of juvenile delinquency and the subculture. His book The Gang is one of the classics of the sociology of crime.

Writings (selection )

  • ( with George W. Knox ): The Gang. A Study of 1,313 gangs in Chicago, ( first edition 1927), New Chicago School Press, Chicago 2000
  • The Boys ' Club and Juvenile Delinquency, in: American Journal of Sociology, Vol 41, 1936
  • Okay for Sound. How the Screen Found its Voice, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York 1946
  • The Comics and Delinquency. Cause or Scapegoat, in: Journal of Educational Sociology, Vol 23, H. 195, 1949
  • Do the Crime Comic Books Promote Juvenile Delinquency? In: The Congressional Digest, Vol 33, H. 12, December 1954
  • Sociologist ( 20th century)
  • Criminologist
  • University teachers (New York University)
  • Americans
  • Born in 1892
  • Died in 1970
  • Man
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