David Matza
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American sociologist and criminologist (1930–2018)
David Matza (May 1, 1930 – March 14, 2018[1] ) was an American sociologist who taught at University of California, Berkeley from 1961.
Life and Work
Born in New York, he received his PhD from Princeton University in 1959. His research fields included deviant behavior, social change, poverty and working class life.[2] He is best known for coauthoring, with Gresham Sykes, techniques of neutralization.[3]
References
- ^ ‘Pillar in the field of sociology’: UC Berkeley professor emeritus David Matza dies at 87
- ^ "David Matza". sociology.berkeley.edu. UC Berkeley Sociology Department. Archived from the original on 2014年10月28日. Retrieved 2017年11月19日.
- ^ Sykes, Gresham M.; Matza, David (1957). "Techniques of neutralization: A theory of delinquency". American Sociological Review . 22 (6): 664–670. doi:10.2307/2089195. JSTOR 2089195.