What is the subculture of violence?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*Wolfgang & Ferracutti based on Wolfgang's homicide research
*Combined culture conflict, differential association, and other psychological and sociological theories including learning, conditioning, and socialization processes
*Members hold values different from general population, more appreciation of use of violence, weapons, and settling scores with fights
*All right to use violence, as it will likely be used on you – need to defend self & others
*Group reinforces these norms as with skinheads, militias, terrorists with shared experiences
*Status awarded for displays of violence and favorable attitudes toward its use
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