01:920:222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Arson

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: 01:920:222
• Professor: Professor Covington

Document Summary

Problems with cloward & ohlin: does not explain delinquency in mc & uc (ie retreatism, identify 3 specialized gangs but gangs are not that specialized in real life, problem with a mc bias. Does lc really strive to be mc & cope with failure by forming criminal, conflict. & retreatist gangs: cannot explain white collar/corporate crime, cannot explain maturing out of crime. To address these questions, he begins by identifying the source of strain that causes juveniles to break away and form a delinquent subculture. School failure causes feelings of guilt, self-hatred & self-recrimination: how do failing juveniles adjust to these feelings, college boy adaptation, corner boy adaptation (not a culture, resigned to low status, delinquent boy adaption. Form a contra-culture in which they act in the exact opposite ways dictated by mc values ( rebellion ) However, old mc standards continue to press for recognition, threatening to bring back feelings of self-hatred.