James Patrick (sociologist)
James Patrick (born c. 1943) is the pseudonym of a Scottish sociologist, which he used to publish a book A Glasgow Gang Observed. It attracted some attention in Scotland when it was published in 1973. It was based on research he had done in 1966, when he was aged 23.[1]
At that time he was working as a teacher in an Approved School, a Scottish reformatory. One gang member in the school, "Tim Malloy" (born 1950, also a pseudonym and a generic term for a Glasgow Catholic), agreed to infiltrate him into his gang in Maryhill in Glasgow. Patrick spent four months as a gang member, observing their behaviour.[2]
A Glasgow Gang Observed has been re-published in 2012 and 2013. He wrote a short preface for the 2013 edition, which clarified a few issues, although he continued to use his pseudonym.
See also
Notes
- ^ "A Glasgow Gang Observed, by James Patrick". Neil Wilson Publishing. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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References
Patrick, James A Glasgow Gang Observed (Methuen, London, 1973, Neil Wilson Publishing 2012)