Interactionist Analysis of Youth Cultures (P2)

Question 1

Why were The Saints not labelled as delinquents?

Answer 1

They behaved poorly in another town

Question 2

What did the town mostly agree on when The Saints did something deviant?

Answer 2

They believed that the boys only were looking for a laugh

Question 3

How did the public see The Roughnecks?

Answer 3

They were seen as delinquents with no future

Question 4

How has labelling impacted on The Roughnecks?

Answer 4

Most of them went on to have criminal records

Question 5

How did labelling impact The Saints?

Answer 5

They went on to have successful careers as they were never labeled as deviant by authoritative figures

Question 6

Who created the concept of ‘canteen culture’?

Answer 6

Reiner

Question 7

What is canteen culture?

Answer 7

A culture developed in the workplace with a shared set of values and prejudices

Question 8

What is the impact of canteen cultures in police forces?

Answer 8

Could explain increased stop and searches for ethnic minority groups

Question 9

How much more likely is someone from an ethnic minority to be stopped and searched than a white person?

Answer 9

7 times more likely

Question 10

Do police believe stop and search is necessary? Why?

Answer 10

They believe it is necessary because it can prevent crimes from happening

Question 11

Who carried out research in schools to see how teachers treated students depending on skin colour?

Answer 11

Gillborn

Question 12

What did Gillborn find?

Answer 12

Black children were treated more harshly for bad behaviour

Question 13

What happened to the Black students in Gillborns study?

Answer 13

They became part of anti-school subcultures

Question 14

Who looks to challenge the idea that black students are all underachievers?

Answer 14

Sewell

Question 15

What did Sewell suggest schools needed to do?

Answer 15

Consider the ways in which they confirm black students as rebellious and underachieving

Question 16

What did Cohen find with the mods and rockers fights?

Answer 16

They were blown out of proportion by the media

Question 17

The term for media coverage of a story turning events in to more significant occurrences

Answer 17

Moral panic

Question 18

What is deviancy amplification?

Answer 18

Negative reactions by authorities to conflicts making future conflict worse.

Question 19

What are folk devils?

Answer 19

Deviant young people

Question 20

What did Thornton argue about mass media coverage of deviance?

Answer 20

It makes deviance more attractive to young people

Question 21

What culture did Thornton study?

Answer 21

Acid House and Rave Culture

Question 22

What did Thornton find in her study?

Answer 22

Rave culture was unknown in the 1980s but when media drew attention, it popularised it

Question 23

What did Fawbert find in his study to do with the media?

Answer 23

He found that they started heavily associating hoodies with deviance

Question 24

What was the affect of the hoodie deviance labelling?

Answer 24

A shopping centre in Kent banned anyone from entering with a hoodie on

Question 25

Who were the folk devils in Fawberts study?

Answer 25

People who wore hoodies

Question 26

Who created the Pygmalion Effect test?

Answer 26

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Question 27

What was the Pygmalion effect test?

Answer 27

Labelling some students with their tests as high achievers and others not

Question 28

What did Rosenthal and Jacobson find?

Answer 28

1 year later, children labelled as high achievers did better in a test