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youth deviance and crime - Coggle Diagram
youth deviance and crime
interactionism
deviancy amplification (media exaggeration of youth leads to moral panic, magnifying actions/ behaviour) of youth (knife crime, binge drinking and girls)- moral panics
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Becker- 'labelling theory'- w/c youth are labelled by powerful groups and media, 'yobs, thugs, lazy' which leads to a SFP
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new right
blames single parent families (spef single mums) argues that there is a lack of discipline, boys then have poor impulse control, women are emotionally damaged and resort to teen preganancy
socialised into: deviant norms, dependency culture, criminality and laziness
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functionalism
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5 responses to anomie: retreatism, rebellion, ritualism, conformity and innovation
merton- strain theory- if there is little chance of success, then there is a situation of anomie. causes a moral vacuum to be formed. adopt illegitimate means in an attempt to achieve cultural goals
marxism
reaction to proletariat identity being threatened- clarke, hebdige
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+/-view doesn't blame victims but structure of society, ignores white collar crime
blocked opportunities
leads to 3 subcultural responses: conflict, retreatist, criminal
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conflict= no hierarchy, gangs to protect areas
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left realists
relative deprivation, marginalisation and subculture
relative deprivation- comparing what you have/ general wealth to others who have more than you, realisation of position in society e.g. iphone 5 v 11