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Primitive rites proposed to curb juvenile trouble in America
Sociologists Arthur Niederhoffer and Herbert Bloch argue juvenile delinquency might be reduced if American society adopted rites analogous to tribal tests for manhood. They compare body art and ordeals in primitive cultures with the behavior of East Harlem gangs and Los Angeles pachucos, urging institutional patterns to grant youths full social participation through an assured adult status.
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Herman R. Allen
Washington
Arthur Niederhoffer
New York City Police Academy
Herbert A. Bloch
Brooklyn College
American Sociological Society
Niederhoffer
Bioch
Niedershofer
Bloch
Dristina
Gonal Eecana
Niederhofffer
New York
Police Department
Harlem
Los Angeles
Blech