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Developed from Merton

BlockedOpportunities =

frustration

Juvenile delinquency

Status frustration

Reject traditional middle class

values

Source of status, identity and way

to rebel

Illegitimate Opportunity

Structure

Adult networks in crime

Focal concerns

Subculture not due to frustration but a distinct lower class

set of values

Edgework

Dependency culture

Low morals

Underclass

Lack of discipline

No self-responsibility

Delinquency and drift

Political rebellion

Symbolic resistance

Skinheads

Black crime – against Babylon

Cultural bricolage

CCCS

Challenge hegemony

Deviant career

Master status

Altered self-concept

Societal reaction =

marginalisation

Albert cohen

Cloward and ohlin

Walter miller

murray

matza

Paul gilroy

clarke

becker

goffman

Subculturaltheory

New Right

Neo Marxist

Labelling

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