Using the material from item A and elsewhere assess the usefulness of Marxist approaches to an understanding of crime and deviance. (21 marks) Marxist approaches can be useful to help us understand crime and deviance. Marxists theory adopts the belief that the ruling class is responsible for societies. They think crime is systematically generated by the structure of capitalist society. Marxists believe that society is divided into two classes‚ the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie
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going to explore how postmodernist values‚ art movements and architecture construct the identities and subcultures created within this era. Initially I will be looking at two authors Dick Hebdige and David Muggleton and then support this with examples of subcultures of the period and following the subculture as if filters through to becoming mainstream. According to Dick Hebdige subcultures occur in society as youth rebelling to the hegemony from the ruling classes. “This process begins with
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concepts are social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures. Social inequality is the social differences that exist whenever one group of people has different access to the rewards a society offers. Deviance is a variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations. Finally‚ subcultures are groups of persons who share in the main culture of a society but also have their own distinctive values‚ norms‚ and lifestyles. Social inequality‚ deviance‚ and subcultures are clearly recognizable and are the concepts
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society there is subculture. Subculture is a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of customs‚ rules‚ and traditions that differ from the pattern of the larger society. Inside the broad subject of culture there are norms‚ sanctions‚ and values that distinguish what is normal and accepted in a particular culture or subculture. The movie Savages shows many good examples of the clash between culture and the different norms and values accepted in each culture. Subculture There are two
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Models of Acculturation 16 2.6 Cultural Assimilation 17 2.6.1 Cultural differences and Challenges 18 2.6.2 Direct effects of diversity 20 2.6.3 Cultural and attitudinal diversity 21 2.7 Organizational culture 24 2.7.1 Subcultures 31 2.7.2 Organizational climate and change 32 2.7.3 Corporate Culture and Strategy 36 2.8 Culture Management 37 2.9 Different types of organizational cultures 38 2.10 Classifying elements of organizational culture 39 2.11 Perspectives
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juvenile delinquency and how it relates to gangs. As a result‚ this paper will assess juvenile delinquency using subcultural theories with specific reference made to Trinidad and Tobago‚ (i.e. statistics‚ examples and references). The terms ‘gang’ and ‘subculture’ are used interchangeably in this essay since both hold the same meaning with respect to the subcultural theories. Assessing Juvenile Delinquency Using Subcultural Theories In a number of Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Tobago‚ the
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stated in item B‚ ‘Strain theories focus on the ways in which people may resort to crime or deviance when they are unable to achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means.’ This is proved by Merton as he argues that there are five types of subcultures and they have different tendencies towards strain. These are :- conformist‚ innovation‚ ritualism‚ retreatism and rebellion. This theory explains why different people commit different types of crimes‚ for example; innovators have the same goals
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In today’s society there are many different subculture tendencies amongst young people‚ they are various and interpenetrating‚ but to the bigger part of them is leading the element music and above all such kind of music‚ that is with a history of many years‚ transformed in classic for many generations. But recently one very different from the entire subcultures tendencies phenomenon‚ called emo style‚ especially strongly caused a sensation. It is different not only at the way of clothing‚ at the
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discusses a wide range of youth subcultures‚ from British mods to recent online communities. The youth subcultures that are covered throughout the book are skinhead‚ punk‚ hip hop‚ hard core‚ heavy metal‚ Goths‚ hackers‚ online communities‚ and groups in which members pledge to preserve their sexual virginity. Subcultural approaches assume there is a common value system to deviate from‚ don’t explain why people decide whether or not they participate in a deviant subculture‚ understanding the concepts
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threat‚ that is‚ that overt political art and action have been present and overt since before the 1960s‚ and continue to persist now. I feel that‚ to a significant extent‚ his position as academic shields him from and allows him to theorize away a counterculture that has been very much alive and struggling. Or‚ as Hakim Bey opens his TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone‚ Ontological Anarchy‚ Poetic Terrorism‚ CHAOS NEVER DIED.The production or assumption of a limited period of the 60s tends to
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