Types Of Deviant Subcultures Flashcards
(19 cards)
What does cohen say about delinquent subcultures
The purpose of delinquent subcultures is to give an escape for w/c boys and the status frustration
What does Miller say about delinquent subcultures and what did he say about what they focus on
W/C boys take part in delinquent subcultures bc they r part of wider lower subcultures, they focus on focal concerns: toughness , trouble and smartness
What does Parker say about delinquent subcultures
W/C boys are fatalistic bc of the decline in manual jobs and high levels of unemployment so they try to achieve a sense of excitement through inadequete behaviour
What does Cloward and ohlin say about criminal subcultures and what type of crime do they do
They give an alternative career path. They do utilitarian crime
What does Venkatesh say about criminal subcultures
Provide financial reward . And example of a criminal subcultures is black kings who operate in ways that businesses and also have a hierarchy
What does Densly say about criminal subcultures
New types of criminal subcultures bc of globalisation there has been an expansion of networking expanding county lines
What does hall and Jefferson say about spectacular subcultures
Youth subculture are a symbolic attempt to rid it the bourgeois hegemony. Eg punk they wear offensive T-shirts
What does Clarke say about spectacular subcultures
Skinheads represent an attempt to recover working class community. The economic situation was getting worse so they created a new group based on masculinity us vs them attitude
What does cohen say about spectacular subcultures
The clash between mods and rockers. Mods were a subculture and so where rockers the media potraed them as being folk devils which created moral panic about youth subcultures
What does Willis say about anti school subcultures
Lads were a group who saw through the myth of meritocracy. They valued rule breaking and knew the system benefited the middle class but in the end they still got low pay manual jobs
What does Hargreaves’s say about anti school subcultures
Labelling within schools. Students that were treated differently by teachers due to class or gender experienced sfp
What did Lacey say about anti school subcultures
Setting and streaming can lead to ass. Students that were placed in lower sets felt like failures so their attitudes toward school became negative
What does decker say about gangs
For gangs to work they need to get a reputation of violence they need to be seen as threatening to maintain control
What does Harding say about gangs
Street capital this means that gang members look to increase the reputation to impress other and gain status
What does Densley say about gangs
Gangs are becoming like conventional businesses. There is a hierarchy the older people are the inner circle the younger adults are the ones who organise and the teens are the people who do the drug running
McRobbie is a evaluation point for all types what does he say
Research into subcultures is male stream and ignores the role of girls in subcultures doesn’t provide valid overview
Maffesoli is a evaluation point for all types what does he say
Neo tribes are not fixed membership isn’t organised with trad social lines like gender these groups have replaced youth subcultures
Polhemus is a evaluation point for all types what does he say
Supermarket style pick and mix when constructing identity so only identifying with one isn’t as common
Abrams is a evaluation point for all types what does he say
Young people experience the same key events and therefore have similar norms and values. Youth culture doesn’t vary into different subcultures to the extent some sociologist say
