American sociologist and criminologist who co-authored, with David Matza, the 1957 paper introducing techniques of neutralization, and who pioneered the sociological study of prison life through his research on the New Jersey State Prison. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCo-developed techniques of neutralization theory with David Matza (1957). 1 Gresham Sykes
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He coauthored Techniques of Neutralization: A Theory of Delinquency with David Matza, published in the American Sociological Review in December 1957.
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