Delinquency and Opportunity

Coe, R. M.; Cloward, Richard A.; Ohlin, Lloyd E.

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“…Realising that they are unable to pursue such objectives through officially, socially sanctioned channels, young men express their 'status frustration' by 'striking out' against middle-class value systems, entering collectives where violence, destruction and instant gratification are endorsed. A similar approach, the theory of differential opportunity (Cloward & Ohlin, 1960), sees gang members 'waging war' on a system they blame for their own social failure through outbursts of anger, bravado and the cultivation of fearsome reputations.…”

Section: Gang Membership: a Crisis Of Masculinity?mentioning

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‘Squashing the Beef’: Combatting Gang Violence and Reforming Masculinity in East London

Armstrong

Rosbrook-Thompson

2017

Contemporary Social Science

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The article draws on the findings of two years' ethnographic fieldwork in exploring how gang activity in Newham, East London is combatted by faith-based organisation, Targeted Against Gangs (TAG). More specifically, the authors examine how TAG seeks to reform the identities of young male gang members according to the principles of what we have called 'Pentecostal realist masculinity'. The characteristics of this reformed masculinity include an awareness of the racial (and racist) dynamics of criminal and wider society, a focus on individuals thriving within fraternal networks, and the desire to channel creative energies into legitimate entrepreneurial activities. Though this strategy did not mount a direct challenge to the racist societal structures it identified, it was effective in reducing levels of gang violence in East London. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Gang Membership: a Crisis Of Masculinity?mentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Squashing the Beef’: Combatting Gang Violence and Reforming Masculinity in East London

Armstrong

Rosbrook-Thompson

2017

Contemporary Social Science

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“…On the other hand sub-cultural theorists who sought to correlate delinquency to social class resorted to multivariate analysis of official statistics. Merton [14], Cohen [15], and Cloward and Ohlin [16] were proponents of sub-cultural influences on male delinquency. For purposes of simplicity it is being contested that quantitative data is better for testing theories and qualitative data for building theories.…”

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Pioneer and Complementary Research: The True Research Taxonomy

Berkeley¹

2015

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This position paper proposes that the terms pioneer and complementary are better suited to the classification of research on grounds that they provide the best answer to the epistemological question: what is the purpose of research? Alternatively it purports that quantitative and qualitative are better used to describe types of data. It is the position of this paper that research lies along a continuum polarized by quantitative (positivistic) at one end and qualitative (constructivist) at the other. Multi-methods including mixed and non-mixed designs lie along this continuum. Also it proposes that pioneer and complementary are more appropriate descriptors of research as they are capable of drawing attention to the major significance of scientific inquiry in social development.

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“…Plusieurs raisons sont avancées pour justifier ce constat. Selon les tenants classiques de la Strain Theory (Merton, 1938 ;Cohen, 1955 ;Cloward et Ohlin, 1960), les personnes pauvres sont tentées d'enfreindre les lois ou de recourir à la violence afin d'acquérir des biens matériels ou un statut économique qui leur seraient autrement inaccessibles, de surmonter des frustrations et d'obtenir réparation pour des offenses, ou enfin pour atteindre un statut et une renommée au sein de leurs pairs. La violence et la délinquance sont ainsi utilisées comme moyens de parvenir à ses fins lorsque l'opportunité s'en présente.…”

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Violence et milieu social à l’adolescence

Legleye¹

2011

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De 1993 à 2008, une progression des violences commises par les adolescents a été enregistrée en France dans les statistiques de police et de gendarmerie. Parallèlement, la consommation de substances psychoactives a augmenté, alimentant ainsi le débat sur l'implication des drogues dans les violences commises et enregistrées. Mais les causes des comportements violents sont bien sûr diverses : origine sociale, problèmes personnels ou familiaux, etc.

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Delinquency and Opportunity

Cited by 410 publications

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‘Squashing the Beef’: Combatting Gang Violence and Reforming Masculinity in East London

‘Squashing the Beef’: Combatting Gang Violence and Reforming Masculinity in East London

Pioneer and Complementary Research: The True Research Taxonomy

Violence et milieu social à l’adolescence

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