A - Level Sociology (Youth Subcultures and Deviant Subcultures ) Mind Map on Functionalist explanations of deviant subcultures, created by Yasmine King on 30/05/2017.
Youths that may join criminal subcultures may be unable to
achieve valued goals such as success through traditional
roots. They may become innovative and obtain them through
illegal behaviour
Criminal Subcultures
Conflict subcultures
Retreatist subcultures
Cohen
Status Frustrations
Deliquent males were motivated by status deprivation and status frustration
and they feel they lack status in society
They develop an alternative set of values in which status is awarded for different behaviour
Delinquency is a collective rather than a individual response
Miller
Focal Concerns
Trouble, toughness, excitement, fate, autonomy
New Right
Murray
Entire underclass can be seen as a deviant subculture