crime subcultures Flashcards
1
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criminal subcultures (professionals)
A
- hierarchy of professional adult crime
- apprenticeship in utilitarian crime
- opportunities on the criminal career ladder
2
Q
conflict subcultures (gangs)
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- areas of high population turnover
- no stable criminal network
- loosely organised gangs with few illegitimate opportunities, made up for by violence
- alternative status earned through winning ‘turf’
3
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retreatist subcultures (dropouts)
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- double failures - failed in both legitimate and illegitimate opportunity structures
- turn into a retreatist subculture based on illegal drug use
