Research on Graffiti Artists (1984)

Investigator: Richard Lachman

Population: Graffiti Artists (as defined by others, selves and investigator)

Identification method: Artists identified as those specializing in graffiti art. Artists located through recognition and reputation from a variety of sources: school teachers, gang leaders, graffiti art gallery proprietors, dealers, collectors, and patrons.

Sampling procedure: All artists identified by various sources were asked to participate. Snowball sampling was used among artists identified to yield other artists for the sample.

N and Response rate: N=25. Additional information was not available in works reviewed.

Publication: Lachman, Richard. 1988. "Graffiti as Career and Ideology." American Journal of Sociology, 94(2): 229-250.

Summary: An ethnographic analysis and interview data designed to join the sociological literatures on subcultures, deviant careers, and art worlds.