Lesson 11 & 12 - Patterns & Trends In Youth Deviance Related To Social Class, Gender, And Ethnicity

Question 1

Trends and Patterns in studies
Working class struggle
-Cohen(1972)

Answer 1

Skinhead & mods SubCs

Both used clothing to express attitudes

Mods tried copying middle class symbolically

-rejected WC culture trying to move up social ladder

Skinheads clung onto WC identities

Question 2

Delinquency Why

-Cohen

Answer 2

Cohen argued delinquency is collective response

-people share discontent & commit crime in group

WC people experienced anomie

Anomie causes status frustration

Question 3

Delinquency Strength

Answer 3

3.5x more criminals live in most deprived areas compared to least deprived areas

Poorer people suffer crime & fear of crime

Question 4

Working class struggle Strength

Answer 4

Marxists argue WC cannot avoid exploitation and struggle in capitalist society

Skinheads struggle to take ownership of WC identity

Mods struggle to separate from WC identity

Question 5

Functionalists explanation for WC crime

Answer 5

WC commit more crime due to sub cultural N&Vs around them

Question 6

Marxists explanation for WC crime

Answer 6

Criminality response of frustration from young Proletariat towards capitalism