SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 2
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Decent families: accept mainstream, middle-class values, parents try to instill these values among their children, they"re poor, but even though they know they"re poor and they won"t reach middle-class goals, they still try to do so. David mauer wrote a book called whizmob about pick-pocketing and how they have their own language. He studied their language, and who is typically involved. More females were involved than any other crime. Stall person who holds the target up. Framing the mark pointing out to fellow pick-pocketers who you are targeting next. Pratting physically holding the person still for a second. Pick-pocketing takes approximately 15 seconds: an abstract system of word meaning and symbols for all aspects of culture. Includes speech, written characters, numerals, symbols, gestures, and expressions. Fosters solidarity among groups that share a language. Essential for communication within cultures: shapes as well as describes reality, feminists argue that language can be bad, use of symbols.
