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Few criminological theories are as popular as subcultural theories which try to explain immigrant criminality over the generations. Few are also so badly misinterpreted. The article provides a re-reading of Culture, Conflict and Misconduct by L. Wirth and of Culture Conflict and Crime and Conflits culturels et criminalité, by T. Sellin. Returning to a cultural perspective, it then asks not what makes immigrants and their children more delinquent, but what makes us think them so. Following A. Sayad, we pursue the hypothesis that the way in which we think about the criminality of immigrants and their children is the fruit of state-based thinking.

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