Donald R. Cressey: A Personal and Intellectual Remembrance
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Crime & Delinquency
- Vol. 34 (3) , 242-262
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128788034003003
Abstract
This article provides a personal and intellectual remembrance of Donald R. Cressey. First, I describe the type of man Cressey was, employing the antinomies of work/play and toughness/kindness to structure the discussion. The subsequent analysis of Cressey's ideas examines his distinctive intellectual style, his enduring commitment to theoretically informed criminological research, his efforts to elaborate the principle of normative conflict and differential association, and his adherence to an ideology of liberal humanitarianism.Keywords
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