What role did affluence play in the responses of teachers and police to the Saints’ and Roughnecks’ behavior?
To what degree did the labels applied to these boys affect their later lives? How might you separate the effect of the label from the effect of social class?
To what degree did the Saints’ mobility as well as the visibility of their behavior, contribute to the treatment and labeling they received? Hoe might teachers and police have responded differently to the two gangs if the only difference between them was socioeconomic status?
