POLI 1119 Lecture Notes - Drug Culture
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Rooted in merton"s strain theory, differential associated and in the chicago. Cloward was merton"s student at columbia; ohlin was. Sutherland"s student, and got his phd from university of chicago. Cloward and ohlin talked about status discontentment . Chicago school addition to merton"s strain theory. Chicago school said delinquent subcultures emerge where there are enough youths available to band together and reject conventional values. Cloward and ohlin described three different illegitimate opportunity structures (or delinquent subcultures) that were differentially available to would-be delinquents: the criminal subculture. Criminal subculture found in organized slums (already criminal element, some sense of social cohesion), as opposed to. Need network to success in crime to make a living. Older, more experienced offenders would serve as role models for the younger, wanna-be offenders: conflict subcultures. Discontented youth did not have access to illegitimate opportunity structures of the criminal subculture. Rebelled against society and middle class values nevertheless. Characterized by violence, gang fighting, acting tough: retreatist subcultures.
