Functionalist explanations of deviant subcultures

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A - Level Sociology (Youth Subcultures and Deviant Subcultures ) Mind Map on Functionalist explanations of deviant subcultures, created by Yasmine King on 30/05/2017.
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Functionalist explanations of deviant subcultures
  1. Merton
    1. Strain Theory
      1. Conformity
        1. Innovation
          1. Retreatism
        2. Cloward and Ohlin
          1. 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
            1. Criminal Subcultures
              1. Conflict subcultures
                1. Retreatist subcultures
                2. Cohen
                  1. Status Frustrations
                    1. Deliquent males were motivated by status deprivation and status frustration and they feel they lack status in society
                      1. They develop an alternative set of values in which status is awarded for different behaviour
                      2. Delinquency is a collective rather than a individual response
                      3. Miller
                        1. Focal Concerns
                          1. Trouble, toughness, excitement, fate, autonomy
                        2. New Right
                          1. Murray
                            1. Entire underclass can be seen as a deviant subculture
                          2. Evaluation
                            1. Very male focused
                              1. No imperical evidence
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