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1
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What is a deviant youth culture?

A

Involve young people who hold norms and values or engage in behaviours that contradict what society considers acceptable

2
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Who studied gangs?

A

Venkatesh

3
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What are the reasons for joining gangs?

A

Status, respect, material wealth and sense of belonging

4
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Who researched county lines gangs?

A

Harding

5
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What does ‘county lines’ mean?

A

‘County lines’ is the term given to a form of organised crime in which drug dealers from urban areas exploit vulnerable people - including children - and force them to deal drugs in smaller towns and cities

6
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Who researched girls in gangs?

A

Batchelor

7
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Why do girls join gangs?

A

Many of these girls are considered vulnerable and the gang lifestyle often appears to offer them a role within the social family and a sense of belonging that is otherwise missing from their lives

8
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What are women at risk of being part of gangs?

A

Sexual exploitation, with gangs grooming and exploiting young vulnerable girls

9
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Who studied criminal, conflict and retreatist subcultures?

A

Cloward and Ohlin(1960)

10
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What did Cloward and Ohlin suggest?

A

The ‘opportunity theory’ which suggests that for deviance to occur, people must have access to ‘illigitimate opportunity cultures’

11
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Who studied anti school subcultures?

A

Willis

12
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Who studied the ladettes

A

Jackson