Age and crime: Sub-cultural Explanations - Crime and Deviance

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1. What study says youth subcultures should be seen as a challenged to what inequality?

  • The Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) - Challenge to age inequality of capitalist system
  • The Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) - Challenge to class inequality of capitalist system
  • The Bristol Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) - Challenge to class inequality of capitalist system
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2. Sub-cultural theory includes reasearch into youth groups who have their own what?

  • Own taste in music, tv, media, etc
  • Own set of norms and values
  • Own style, dress, hair, etc

3. What has been the influence of functionalist subcultural theory?

  • Venkatesh's study of US drug gang supports it as members held mainstream values (money) but used different means (drugs) to achieve goals, also structure is similar to companies (Hirachy, meetings, promotion),desire to be included leads to exclusion
  • Poole's study of US drug gang supports it as members held mainstream values (money) but used different means (drugs) to achieve goals, also structure is similar to companies (Hirachy, meetings, promotion),desire to be included leads to exclusion
  • Venkatesh's study of US drug gang challenged it as members held subculture values(Money) but used same means (selling) to achieve goals, also structure is similar to companies (Hirachy, meetings, promotion),desire to be excluded leads to inclusion

4. What three adaptations or subcultures does the 'illegitimate opportunity structure' have?

  • Criminal (Good local crime subcultures, sussessful role models, hirachy to move up), Confict (Similar groups without local crime subculture fight), Retreativist (Individual, no opportunity/ability for first two, double failure, does drugs/alcohol)
  • Criminal (Bad local crime subcultures, unsussessful role models, hirachy immobile), Confict (Different groups with local crime subculture fight), Retreativist (Individual, reject opportunity/ability for first two, triple failure, does drugs/alcohol)
  • Deviant (Good local deviant subcultures, sussessful role models, hirachy to move up), Confict (Similar groups without local deviant subculture agree),Retreativist (Individual, no opportunity/ability for first two, double failure, does drugs/alcohol)

5. What are four evaulative points of functionalist subcultural theory?

  • Assumes a common value system (Marxist crit), Doesn't explain why people don't be in deviant subcultures, Ignores gender race class, Over focus on m/c males not other deviant subcultures
  • Assumes a common value system (Marxist crit), Doesn't explain why people do or don't be in deviant subcultures, Understates gender race class, Over focus on w/c males not other deviant subcultures
  • Assumes a common value system (New Right crit), Doesn't explain why people do or don't be in deviant subcultures, Understates gender race class, Over focus on w/c males not other deviant subcultures
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