DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES IN NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS - A SOCIAL SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

• NCJ Number: 6271
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1970) Pages: 46-57
• Author(s): A S ALISSI
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE AS IT RELATES TO OTHER SUBSYSTEMS AND AS IT FUNCTIONS WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL SYSTEM.

Abstract

A SOCIAL SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE IS UTILIZED HERE AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR EXAMINING THE NATURE OF DELINQUENT SUBCULTURES IN NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS. IT IS ARGUED THAT THE TENDENCY OF DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE THEORISTS TO TREAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND LARGER SOCIAL ENTITIES AS HOMOGENEOUS WHOLES OBSCURES A PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE. INSTEAD, THE DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE IS SEEN AS A SUBSYSTEM IN INTERACTION WITH OTHER ENVIRONING SYSTEMS WHICH TOGETHER MAKE UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RESULTING CONFIGURATION OF SUBSYSTEMS MUST BE SPECIFIED AND THE DELINQUENT SUBCULTURE PLACED WITHIN THIS CONTEXT BEFORE THE TRUE NATURE OF ITS FUNCTIONING CAN BE DETERMINED. A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY SERVES AS A CASE ILLUSTRATION TO DEMONSTRATE THE UTILITY OF THIS CONCEPTION. AUTHOR ABSTRACT