Lesson 9 - Devant Subcultures Flashcards

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What is juvenile delinquency

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Criminal activity caused by youth

  • Eg theft, vandalism, assault
  • includes anti social behaviour
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What are the two types of delinquency

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Expressive - excitement main motivating factor

Instrumental - financial gain main motivating factor

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Skinheads

-Clarke(1976)

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Young WC 15-17 year old boys

  • Dressed same
  • Aggressive

Football hooliganism

Formed to cause tomfoolery at footy matches

Had Conservative WC values

-racist, xenophobic attitudes

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Skinheads evaluation

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Pearce(1973) states skinheads not delinquent

-Skinheads reflect values of ordinary people in UK

  • Only racist because racism was not deviant in late 1960s
  • Delinquent behaviour magnified
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Status Frustration (1)
-Albert Cohen(1955)
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Cohen argues delinquency is a collective response

-delinquents join together to express discontent, reason to commit crime

Cohen wanted to focus on non utilitarian crime
-vandalism/joy riding

  • since no monetary gain
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Status Frustration (2)
-Albert Cohen(1955)
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Focused on young WC boys with goals in line w/ mainstream culture but failed educationally

Boys frustrated since bottom status in society

-reject mainstream culture

Form delinquent SubC to develop new N&Vs
-collective solution for WC youths

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Status Frustration Evaluation

-Albert Cohen(1955)

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Box(1981) states theory doesn’t explain every WC male youth criminal

  • Stated youth may feel resentment if labelled as failures by teachers
  • therefore turn to crime to go against those who look down on them
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