Subcultural Theories of Crime – A Summary
Introduction/ The basics Subcultural Theory explains deviance in terms of a deviant group, split apart from the rest of the […]
Crime and Deviance
status frustration
Crime and Deviance, subcultures
Subcultural Theories of Deviance
subcultural theorists argue that deviance occurs because of peer pressure within a subculture that has broken off from mainstream society. This post covers ‘consensus subcultural theory’ including Albert Cohen’s status frustration and Cloward and Ohlin’s three types of subculture.