Subculture

A subculture is a culture within a culture that shares some norms and values with mainstream society while possessing some of their own, which are usually deviant as a deviant act is one that goes against the norms and values held by the majority of the people. Different structural theories take different approaches while studying subcultural crime and deviance although they agree that it is “best understood by looking at groups involved in order to identify what causes members to be attracted…

Cult, a Subculture Subculture, a culture that differs from the dominant culture but is not necessarily in direct opposition to it. A subculture does not aim to be in opposition of the dominant culture as counterculture does. However, most subcultures have different ideals, values and norms than the dominant culture although some may be the same. There are many subcultures in the United States, they may exist integrated into society and just share values and ideals with their subculture,…

the ability to gain status and acceptance’ increases (Pennington, 2013, p. 3), status frustration is created. Consequently, this tends towards the formation of subcultures with their own status system. Furthermore, this can relate to Cloward and Ohlin’s delinquency and opportunity theory, as the conflict subculture is formed. This subculture, like the ‘Uptown Boys’ gang, use violence and fear “being in a gang puts fear in people, when they walk past you, they wont even look at you” (Hanna, 2007)…

Western subcultures emphasized scandalous behavior in order to accentuate maturity and independence, Japanese youth, on the other hand, “acted vulnerable in order to emphasize their immaturity and inability to carry out social responsibilities” (Kinsella, 1995). The result was roughly similar as teachers and parents were equally infuriated against both punk and kawaii youth. As the subculture opposed the idea of the passive child to the dominant culture’s concept of the socially reliable adult,…

This Marxist theory of crime goes on to explain it is the emergence of youth subculture that result in crime. It is argued that only the groups on the margins of society are the few that are not bound by the ideology and economic importance of the ruling class, and due to this ‘immunity’, they are able to somewhat resist the influence…

homicides, and other street gang violence. Urban street gang violence is a problem for society and is affected by either an explanation of subculture of violence or routine activities, but if both of those are not researched accurately we turn to the overall state of mind of the individual.…

getting more tattoos. Within the prison subculture, a good tattoo artist is held in high. The designs of skulls and demons as tattoos not only symbolize evil but also of someone who is dangerous. The signifier aims to send the signal " don't mess with me" because I am evil and dangerous. To better understand let's compare an inmate with an "I Love Mum" tattoo. The image of that inmate is portrayed through the meaning of the tattoo. In the prison subculture there is a great number…

by Marvin Wolfgang and Franco Ferracuti in 1967, termed ‘the subculture of violence thesis’. This subcultural theory of crime was relatively different that the ones discussed thus far, and this was due to it being developed almost a decade later when new concerns had developed within the subcultural study of crime. The authors’ primary concern was not to establish that there is a subculture of violence, but to outline what the subculture holds for their members (Wolfgang and Ferracuti, 1967).…

culture there are several subcultures. A subculture is a group of people who occupy only a small bit of the overall culture and develop different ways to communicate with each other. (Henslin 51) One of those subcultures found in America are what to be considered the “hippies”. There are similarities and differences between the culture of America and the subculture of the “hippies”. Similarities are found in language and values. In both the American culture and the hippie subculture in America…

Captain Smit is a prime example of how culture, society, or subculture shapes one’s concept of happiness. The main culture Captain Smit is a part of is the Prison culture. The subcultures he is a part of is the boxing team and the warders. Being in the boxing squad and part of the warders is what most influences his happiness. Being part of the warders puts him in a pretty exclusive community. They run the prison, control the prisoners, and hand out punishments. Being a warder control and…