Roughnecks And Saints Summary

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Worksheet on Roughnecks and Saints 1. What methodology did Chambliss use in this study? Chambliss used the observation method to compare and contrast the Saints’ and Roughnecks’ behavior. He observed the Saints and the Roughnecks for over two years. 2. Compare and contrast the deviant activities the Saints were involved in to those of the Roughnecks. Discuss the "seriousness" of the offenses. The Saints offenses consisted of petty theft, truancy, vandalism and speeding. When the police witnessed them doing these deviant things, they would brush it off as what the Saints did was a minor thing. The Roughnecks offenses consisted of petty theft, drinking and fighting. The police punished the Roughnecks severely even though they committed similar …show more content…

Most of them used each other to cheat. If one of the saint’s were to get a low grade, the teacher would give them the benefit of the doubt and bump their grade up. The Saints were involved in pre-college programs and one of them was the vice-president of the student body. Four Saints were selected by their peers to be “school wheels” in their senior year for their academic successes. The Roughnecks’ grades averaged around a “C”. They didn’t do any worse or better than a “C”. They never failed any classes even though they saw school as a burden. 6. Compare and contrast the treatment of the saints and roughnecks by the police. The police treat the Saints as if they did nothing wrong. They might give them a slap on the wrist instead of the punishment for the crimes they did. The police thought of the Saints as leaders of the youth in the community. The police would frequently aggravate the Roughnecks to see if they can get a reaction from them. They would falsely accuse the Roughnecks of doing something illegal, like loitering, and threaten to arrest them. If the Roughnecks were around where something illegal took place, the police would arrest …show more content…

Everyone expected the Saints to be successful and the Roughnecks to live a troubled life. The Saint’s received more academic support from the teachers and as a result seven out of the eight Saints went on to college. Three went to get an advanced degree such as a Ph.D in history and a law or medicine degree. The other four had positions as executive trainees or managers. One Saint, Jerry, graduated from high school after his second year as a senior. After graduating, he didn’t advance to college. He was a used car salesman before he ended up unemployed. Only two of the Roughnecks (Jack and Herb) received an athletic scholarship for college. Jack and Herb finished college and became respectable citizens in their community. They both had the opportunity to change their life and how people viewed the Roughnecks and they seized it. The other Roughnecks lived up to the teachers and police’s perceptions of them. The rest were either in prison or were secretly involved in illegal things. 8. If someone were to use the terms "programmed for success" or "programmed for failure" (or "fated for success" or "doomed to failure"), how could you use

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