Richard Cloward
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 22 years ago |
Date of birth | December 25,1926 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Rochester |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 20,2001 |
Died | Manhattan |
New York | |
United States | |
Full name | Richard Andrew Cloward |
Spouse | Frances Fox Piven |
Books | Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs |
Delinquency and opportunity | |
Known for | Cloward–Piven strategy |
Parents | Donald Cloward |
Esther Marie Fleming | |
Interests | Sociology |
Strain Theory | |
Criminology | |
Poverty | |
Welfare | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 978635 |
Richard Cloward Life story
Richard Andrew Cloward was an American sociologist and activist. He influenced the Strain theory of criminal behavior and the concept of anomie, and was a primary motivator for the passage of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, commonly known as the "Motor Voter Act".