- Developed Cohen's ideas - Like Merton explains WC crimes in terms of goals and means, but disagrees that they share the same values.
- See WC delinquents as sharing own dominant values - 'blocked opportuniies' they cannot achieve legitimately - develop illegitimate career structure.
- Type of crime depends on illigitimate opportunity structure.
- 3 Subcultures arise:
1- criminal- experience criminal careers, appear in stable WC areas, status gained through gaining membership, involves financial gain- Venkatesh Chicago 'gang leader for a day' Participant Ob
2- Conflict- develops when is no criminal subculture- anti-social, violent and aggressive behaviour- Pitts inner city youths, dificult to resist groups.
3- Retreatist- fail to gain access to criminal/conflict, main focus on alcohol and drugs.
Evaluation: - not everyone commints crime/ sucked into illegitimate career structure, women have more blocked opportunities than men, fails to consider white collar crime.
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