Criminal Subcultures Flashcards
What do criminal subcultures do?
Utilitarian criminal activity
How are criminal subcultures structured?
Hierarchal structure
Cloward & Ohlin
illegitimate opportunity structure
Example of a utilitarian crime
theft
Where does this subculture often develop?
Cloward & Ohlin
stable working class areas with an established pattern of crime
What does this offer to working class boys?
Cloward & Ohlin
Alternative career route
Venkatesh
Financial reward
Who did Venkatesh investigate?
The Black Kings
How did the black kings operate?
Venkatesh
Like a business, with opportunities to move up for financial reward
Densley
Glocal scale operations
The boundaries between who have become blurred?
Densley
Street gangs and organised crime.
What has globalisation caused?
Densley
Expansion of drug networks
