SOC 3310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: American Middle Class, Informal Sector, Social Disorganization Theory

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Gang research, african american and latino male gang members have conventional aspirations and values. Positioning members as similar or different to us youth under certain conditions, it was normal in their environment. Gang drug dealing as an innovative response to blocked opportunity to. Anomie theory an alternative to both cultural deviance theory and social. Chicago school, humanized gang members, social disorganization claim that conformity to subcultural norms wasn"t deviant but normal to poor. Cloward and ohlin differential association believed delinquency arose. Characterize conventional (cid:498)legits(cid:499) and (cid:498)homeboys(cid:499) to more deviant (cid:498)dope fiends(cid:499) and (cid:498)new jacks(cid:499) Oppositional culture result of today"s economic and social conditions, Walter miller internalized norms gangs are a predictable result of lower from the fundamental source of law-breaking lay in frustrated desires of poor youth to attain american cultural goals class culture. Jack katz extreme version, eliminates the importance of any structural factors for gang behaviour, gang members are seduced by crime, embrace of evil.

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