David Matza
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ ‘Pillar in the field of sociology’: UC Berkeley professor emeritus David Matza dies at 87
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