CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Truancy, Subculture, Longrun

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Vajmeh Tabibi

Document Summary

Delinquent boys: the culture of the gang (cohen) What we see when we look at the delinquent subculture (and we must not assume that this describes all juvenile crime) is that it is non-utilitarian, malicious, and negativistic. Stealing for the hell of it and apart from considerations of gain and profit is a valued activity to which attaches glory, prowess, and profound satisfaction. Stealing is not merely an alternative means to the acquisition of objects otherwise difficult of attainment. Individuals steal to achieve recognition and to avoid isolation or opprobrium. There is a kind of malice apparent, an enjoyment in the discomfiture of others, a delight in the defiance of taboos itself. The delinquent"s subculture is right, by the standards of his subculture, precisely because it is wrong by the norms of the larger culture. Stealing tends to go hand-in-hand with other property offences , malicious mischief ,