Henry D. McKay

Henry D. McKay
Born1899 (1899)
Hand County, South Dakota (near Orient)
Died1980 (aged 80–81)
NationalityAmerican
EducationDakota Wesleyan University
University of Chicago
Scientific career
FieldsCriminology
Sociology
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago

Henry Donald McKay (1899–1980) was an American sociologist and criminologist who, along with Clifford Shaw, helped to establish the University of Chicago's Sociology Department as the leading program of its kind in the United States.[1]

He and Shaw were both considered members of the Chicago School of sociology. He also collaborated with Shaw on two highly influential studies on juvenile delinquency during the 1930s and 1940s. Shaw and McKay also developed social disorganization theory in a study published in 1942.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Thistlethwaite, Amy B. (2003). "McKay, Henry D. (1899–1980)". Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, California, 91320, United States: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 246–247. doi:10.4135/9781412950640.n74. ISBN 978-0-7619-2358-9.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ Snodgrass, Jon (1976). "CLIFFORD R. SHAW AND HENRY D. McKAY: CHICAGO CRIMINOLOGISTS". The British Journal of Criminology. 16 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a046684. ISSN 0007-0955. JSTOR 23636249.
  3. ^ Forsyth, Craig J.; Copes, Heith (2014-01-21). Encyclopedia of Social Deviance. SAGE Publications. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4833-6469-8.
  4. ^ Wickes, Rebecca; Sydes, Michelle (2017-02-28). Social Disorganization Theory. pp. 9780199756384–0192. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199756384-0192.