IF SCHOOLS  
DIDN’T EXIST  
Nils Christie  
IF SCHOOLS  
DIDN’T EXIST  
A STUDY IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SCHOOLS  
NILS CHRISTIE  
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY  
LUCAS CONE AND JOACHIM WIEWIURA  
FOREWORD BY JUDITH SUISSA  
THE MIT PRESS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS LONDON, ENGLAND