The Subculture of Violence Thesis

Erlanger, Howard S.; Winsborough, Halliman H.

doi:10.1177/004912417600500204

Sociological Methods & Research

1976

DOI: 10.1177/004912417600500204

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The Subculture of Violence Thesis

Howard S. Erlanger¹,

Halliman H. Winsborough²

Abstract: This paper examines the subculture of violence thesis (Wolfgang, 1958) as an example of a sociological theory with a feedback process.The thesis is operationa1ized in a simultaneous equation model, which is solved through a technique which uses only a "canned" ordinary least squares computer program. The findings do not support the subculture of violence thesis.

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Comparative analysis of American race riots and homicides during the 1960s shows that the presence of large percentages of non‐Whites and people living in structural poverty increased the chances of cities' having both collective (race riots) and individual (homicides) violence. Cities in the South had a greater chance of having relatively serious homicide activity than did other U.S. cities but a lesser chance of having serious race riot activity. The relative risk of individual (homicide) versus less individualistic (race riot) response to structural poverty is interpreted from a multidimensional perspective that treats both riots and homicide as examples of violent coping mechanisms. These mechanisms form one axis of a three‐dimensional representation of community coping mechanisms: violent/non‐violent, symptom focused/cause focused, and collective/individual. Several authors (e.g., Ball‐Rokeach & Short, 1986; Spilerman, 1976) have argued that the differential incidence of riots in the South and in the rest of the country during the sixties should be interpreted in terms of the relative repressiveness and unresponsiveness of city governments in the South. Our findings suggest that repressiveness and unresponsiveness may be conducive to the development of coping mechanisms in communities that define and resolve problems at the individual level. The ironic consequences of such cultural adaptation are discussed.

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The Subculture of Violence Thesis

Cited by 14 publications

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Homicides and race riots

Homicides and race riots

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Patient satisfaction and visiting the doctor: A self-regulating system

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