SOCPSY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elijah Anderson, Differential Association, Cultural Conflict
28 Feb 2020
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Cultural deviance theories (focal concerns; differential opportunity; gangs) Social structure theories: reacting against the mainstream or the middle class measuring rod , alternative value system, cultural conflict /status frustration, subcultures (miller, toughness, excitement, fearlessness, immediate gratification, street smarts, fate (lower class subcultures) Cultural deviance famous study 2: the street culture of resistance emerges from a rejection of racism and search for dignity, ultimately becomes an active agent in personal degradation and community ruin, drug world is pervasive, phillippe bourgeois. Cultural deviance theory: differential association: cloward and ohlin, differential association theory (differential opportunity theory, being subjected to socially generated strain does not enable a person to deviate in any way he or she chooses. Corelates of gang membership: gender, age, poverty, family structure, educational performance, social alienation/perceptions of injustice, race/ethnicity. Qualitative survey data: prevention intervention toronto (pit) project, detailed, semi-structured interviews with 215 current and former gang members from.
