The Subculture of Violence Thesis
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Methods & Research
- Vol. 5 (2) , 231-246
- https://doi.org/10.1177/004912417600500204
Abstract
This paper examines the subculture of violence thesis (Wolfgang, 1958) as an example of a sociological theory with a feedback process. The thesis is operationalized in a simultaneous equation model, which is solved through a technique which uses only a "canned" ordinary least squares computer program. The findings do not support the subculture of violence thesis.Keywords
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