Types Of Deviant Subcultures

Question 1

Delinquent subcultures

Answer 1

Refers to ‘youth deviance’ which is behaviour associated with rule and norm breaking but not necessarily law breaking acts

E.g drinking
Drugs
Fighting

Relevant subcultures - Rastafarians, punks and ravers

Question 2

Criminal subcultures

Answer 2

Refers to subcultures who are actively involved in law breaking behaviour and criminal activities
E.g drug dealing and organised theft/burglary

Cloward and Ohlin
-youth may join criminal subcultures if they are unable to achieve valued goals (e.g success, money and possessions) through their traditional roots - therefore they become innovative and obtain these goals through illegal behaviour and activities
- deprivation, poverty, boredom, alienation
LINK TO SEWELL

Question 3

Gangs

Answer 3

Concept used by media and police when discussing a group who may cause harm to the community and are involved in criminality (violence is a key characteristic)
-strong hierarchy/ sense of solidarity/ territorial attitudes/ sense of rules relating to membership

Question 4

Spectacular youth subcultures

Answer 4

Teddy boys
Mods
Punks
Goths
Ravers
Rockets

Question 5

Anti school subcultures

Answer 5

Refers to youths who reject the norms and values and attitudes of schools and other educational institutions - less likely to achieve

E.g wills -lads
Jackson- ladettes