Cultural and identity based explanations for crime and deviance Flashcards
What is Decker and Van Winkle’s (1996) explanation for crime and deviance?
They believe the young working class may join gangs because they are pulled towards them as memberships bring status, excitement, wealth, and a sense of belonging. There are also puch factors through negative social consequences like marginalisation
What is White’s (2002) explanation for crime and deviance?
They argue that gangs thrive in the conditions experienced by the underclass, where poverty, marginalisation, and family dysfunctions exist
What is Willis’s (1977) explanation for crime and deviance?
They found that forming anti-school subcultures prepares young working-class boys for work as the negative attitudes towards paid work reflect school work. This can be seen through not working hard and picking on more academic boys (ear-oles)
What is Brown’s (1987) explanation for crime and deviance?
There are 3 working-class responses to education:
- Getting in: low achievers don’t care about doing well in school since they only want low-skilled employment
- Getting out: high achievers who want to get out of the low-status position in which they grew up in see educational success as a way to get good qualifications and a job
- Getting on: Ordinary working-class youth who just did what they were told in school
What is Mac an Ghail’s (1994) explanation for crime and deviance?
They studied that there were several, “fluid,” groups with different attitudes to school. Working-class boys weren’t academic and didn’t care about school. Academic achievers are pro-school and work hard. macho lads formed anti-school subcultures and value acting tough
