THE SAINTS & THE ROUGHNECKS

1. Why did the community, the school, and the police react to the saints as though they were good, upstanding, non-delinquent youths with bright futures but to the roughnecks as though they were young criminal headed for trouble?

2. Why do you think there was such a vast difference in the treatment of the boys?

3. What were some of the visible biases community members displayed toward the groups?

4. Why did policemen choose to disregard the Saints delinquencies while breathing down the backs of the Roughnecks?

5. What role of the Community response to the Roughnecks as boys who were in trouble play on their perception of who they are?

6. How did Labeling Theory come in to play in this article?

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