Subcultural essay plan

Question 1

Cloward + Ohlin

Answer 1

Attempt to explain why different subcultures react differently to a lack of opportunities. 3 subcultures - Retreat - remove themselves from society e.g. homelessness, drug abuse

Question 2

Merton’s strain theory

Answer 2

different categories - Rejects - remove themselves from society similar to the retreats

Question 3

Matza

Answer 3

Young people will drift in and out of delinquency because they are vulnerable to peer pressure

Question 4

AO3

Answer 4

Criticised for assuming that everyone shares the same goals

Question 5

Miller

Answer 5

W/C boys are socialised into a number of distinct values - focal concerns. Examples - Toughness, I won’t back down

Question 6

Cohen

Answer 6

Study on delinquent subcultures - W/C boys lead to deviance due to them not having the status they crave

Question 7

Feminists

Answer 7

Argue these focal concerns might be masculine values instead of W/C ones

Question 8

Matza

Answer 8

Argues that everyone shares deviant values but learn not to act on them

Question 9

Becker

Answer 9

May become part of a deviant subculture which may lead to a self fulfi

Question 10

Jock Young

Answer 10

Studied hippie, marjuana users - found that police negatively labelled them together - resulted in a self fulfilling prophecy

Question 11

Mirza

Answer 11

Black girls worked hard to disprove the self fulfilling prophecy, many still succeed despite the lower expectations from teachers.