- Why did the community, the school, and the police react to the saints as though they were good, upstanding, non-delinquent youths with bright futures but to the roughnecks as though they were young criminal headed for trouble?
- Why do you think there was such a vast difference in the treatment of the boys?
- What were some of the visible biases community members displayed toward the groups?
- Why did policemen choose to disregard the Saints delinquencies while breathing down the backs of the Roughnecks?
- What role of the Community response to the Roughnecks as boys who were in trouble play on their perception of who they are?
- How did Labeling Theory come in to play in this article?
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