Frederic Milton Thrasher

Frederic Milton Thrasher (1892-1962) taught sociology at the University of Chicago and was a prominent member of the first Chicago School of Sociology. His 1925 doctoral dissertation became the basis of The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago . Later he was a professor of educational sociology at New York University.

Frederic Milton Thrasher (1892-1962) taught sociology at the University of Chicago and was a prominent member of the first Chicago School of Sociology. His 1925 doctoral dissertation became the basis of The Gang: A Study of 1,313 Gangs in Chicago . Later he was a professor of educational sociology at New York University. See less