Describe Albert Cohen’s concept of subculture and how the concept relates to delinquency.
What will be an ideal response?
Albert Cohen observed the boys encouraged each other to commit delinquent acts because they believed they could not meet middle-class standards. This is the concept of subculture. When they became involved in the juvenile justice system, they acquired negative self-esteem and felt that they were failures in the eyes of the larger society. Cohen believed that delinquents did not necessarily commit crime for personal benefit but as a vengeful act for being left with feelings of inadequacy.
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A. a nomothetic explanation B. an idiographic explanation C. reductionism D. an ecological fallacy
The philosophy behind the American juvenile justice system is ______.
a. deterrence b. incarceration c. rehabilitation d. retribution
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A .An officer patrols a specific neighborhood more often due to the arrests that have occurred there over the past year. B .An officer applies handcuffs to two Asian American men that are involved in a physical altercation. C .An officer pulls over a White female whose vehicle fits the profile of a wanted suspect. D. An officer pulls over an African American male who is slowly driving through a middle class neighborhood
The _____ is a transitional facility for soon-to-be- released inmates that connects them to community services, resources, and support
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