Assess the usefulness of 'Sub-Cultural Theories' in explaining sub-culture.
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milescass (student)
Assess the usefulness of subcultural theories in explaining subculture (in relation to C+D). (21)A subculture is where numerous individuals choose to separate themselves from the mainstream culture and are part of a separate group that follow their own, unique set of norms and values that may be deviant in society, hence their separation. For example, School is an accepted main stream culture people follow, a sub-culture may be a group of people that decide to bunk.Albert Cohen is a theorist that believed subcultural crime and deviance stems from the fact that lower classes (proletariats) are unable to achieve mainstream success in order to obtain material goods that they tend to want, in a legitimate way therefore resort to crime. Which is a way of hopefully achieving what they want without going through the near impossible hierarchy of society and completion of