Lesson 9 - Devant Subcultures Flashcards
What is juvenile delinquency
Criminal activity caused by youth
- Eg theft, vandalism, assault
- includes anti social behaviour
What are the two types of delinquency
Expressive - excitement main motivating factor
Instrumental - financial gain main motivating factor
Skinheads
-Clarke(1976)
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
Skinheads evaluation
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
Status Frustration (1) -Albert Cohen(1955)
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
Status Frustration (2) -Albert Cohen(1955)
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
Status Frustration Evaluation
-Albert Cohen(1955)
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
