Cohen- Status Frustration

Question 1

Cohen

1955

Answer 1

Says that you’re frustrated by your status in society you will commit crimes.
Says they dont commit crimes for utillitsrian gain and they commit crimes for the thrill of it.

Question 2

Education link

Answer 2

Cohen states that if someone fails at school the liklehood is that they will fail in wider society.
They feel a sense of personal faliure so they reject the values and become a ‘classroom clown’.

Question 3

Traditions

Answer 3

They invert the traditional white middle class values and flip it upside down to create their own values so they will behave badly.

Question 4

Evaluation

Positive

Answer 4

Shows why working class boys are more likely to be criminals.
Shows schools have more middle class values so why people struggle
Says schools benefit one class and this is why boys change their behaviour.

Question 5

Evaluation

Negative

Answer 5

Only focuses on Working class boys and petty crimes.
How is school a key aspect in criminality?
How are boys to know what middle class values are?
Assumes all schools are middle class