In William J. Chambliss’ excerpt titled “The Saints and Roughnecks,” he talks about two different “gangs” who, in their society, are labeled given their academic and/or delinquent attitudes. The ‘Saints’ are seen by the community as hard working and academically, high-achieving students who “sometimes” get into trouble. They are teenagers who are involved in clubs at their high school and their average grade never falls below a B. However, their community does not see the illegal activity they involve themselves in nearly every night. The ‘Saints’ all have wealthy families and they use this to their advantage to look respectable appearance wise as well as create a perception that they are upstanding students, while in reality their attendance
