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Albert Cohen  

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  • Albert Cohen, born on June 15, 1918, in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American criminologist best known for his 1955 book Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang, in which he outlined his theory of delinquent subcultures. In 1993, the American Society of Criminology presented Cohen with one of its highest honors, the Edwin H. Sutherland Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to criminological theory. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Cohen, Albert]

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