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Rereading The Jack-Roller

Hidden Histories in Sociology and Social Work

University of York, United Kingdom, ifs2{at}york.ac.uk

I revisit one of the iconic Chicago School studies, Clifford Shaw’s The Jack-Roller. A naive reading of Shaw’s book leaves the reader with a sense of having been inducted into a mélange of what we now know as "sociology" and "social work," but which to Shaw seems a coherent stance. I suggest that this is close to the heart of how things were, and not a temporary distortion in the distinct histories of sociology and social work. I develop and illustrate this argument through a hidden history of an intellectual case for reciprocity between the two disciplines as seen in some barely noticed work of Ernest Burgess. I conclude with a suggested rereading of The Jack-Roller that supports a relationship between sociology and social work based on egalitarian respect and a commitment to practicing history in the sense of positioning ourselves in a historical context.

Key Words: Chicago school • Burgess • social work • The Jack-Roller • Edith Abbott

This version was published on July 1, 2009

Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 15, No. 7, 1241-1264 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1077800409334205


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