Delinquency and opportunity : a theory of delinquent gangs / by Richard A. Cloward and Lloyd E. Ohlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cloward, Richard A., author.

Contributor:

Ohlin, Lloyd E.

Series:

International library of sociology. The sociology of youth and adolescence ; v. 6.

International library of sociology. The sociology of youth and adolescence ; v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs.

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1998. This is Volume VI of the twelve in the Sociology of Youth and Adolescence series and focuses on delinquent subcultures and theories around masculine identification, adolescence and lower-class culture, alienation and illegitimate means. This study is an attempt to explore two questions: (l) Why do delinquent norms, or rules of conduct, develop? (2) What are the conditions which account for the distinctive content of various systems of delinquent norms such as those prescribing violence or theft or drug-use?

Contents:

Cover; DELINQUENCY AND OPPORTUNITY; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; INTRODUCTION; 1 DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES; Deviance and Delinquency; Delinquent Acts and Delinquent Subcultures; Delinquent Norms; Varieties of Delinquent Subculture; The Distribution of Delinquent Subcultures; 2 QUESTIONS A THEORY MUST ANSWER; The Origin of Pressures Toward Deviance; The Evolution of Delinquent Subcultures; Change and Persistence of Delinquent Subcultures; 3 SOME CURRENT THEORIES OF DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES; Masculine Identification and Delinquent Subcultures

Adolescence and Delinquent SubculturesLower-class Culture and Delinquent Subcultures; 4 GOALS, NORMS, AND ANOMIE; The Regulation of Goals: Durkheim; The Regulation of Goals and Norms: Merton; Success Values in American Life; Barriers to Legitimate Opportunity; Alternative Avenues to Success-Goals; 5 THE EVOLUTION OF DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES; The Process of Alienation; Collective vs. Individual Solutions; Techniques of Defense Against Guilt; The Collective Problem-Solving Process; 6 ILLEGITIMATE MEANS AND DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES; The Availability of Illegitimate Means

Learning and Performance StructuresDifferential Opportunity: A Hypothesis; Illegitimate Opportunities and the Social Structure of the Slum; Slum Organization and Subcultural Differentiation; 7 SUBCULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION; The Criminal Subculture; The Conflict Subculture; The Retreatist Subculture; 8 PERSISTENCE AND CHANGE IN DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES; Patterns of Persistence in Delinquent Subcultures; Patterns of Change in Delinquent Subcultures; INDEX

Notes:

First published by Free Press, 1960.

Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781136250071

1136250077

9781315007274

1315007274

9781136250002

113625000X

OCLC:

870590269