Assess the strengths and limitations of using group interviews to investigate anti-school subcultures (20 marks). There are many practical strengths and limitations when using group interviews for researching anti-school subcultures. The first strength is that it is a group of interviewees meaning that they are more confident especially with students who have similar characteristics with their peers in the interview because they are more comfortable which means they are not reluctant to answer the
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growing number of fans have established a new youth subculture and devoted themselves into it. In the article “Heavy Metal Music: A New Subculture in American Society”‚ Robert L. Gross introduces the heavy metal music and its subculture. He organizes his article in a good way in that he examines five aspects of heavy metal music and the subculture. It does not matter whether the readers know heavy metal or not; they can easily understand how the subculture was built and how it evolved from these five detailed
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Access how factors within educational policies in Britain cause educational underachievement for the working class subculture. Educational policies have important effects on inequalities between class subcultures in education‚ I have picked out three of the educational polices between 1944 and 1988 that I believe has influenced working class achievement the most‚ the butler tripartite system in 1944‚ the comprehensive system in 1965+‚ and the ERA (new right policy) in 1988. The first policy that
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on the criminal justice system? The study of criminology has had a significant effect on the criminal justice system since the 1700’s. There are three main schools of thought within criminology‚ they are - Classicist - Positivist - Chicago/Subculture theory Discussion Criminology is the study of causation‚ correction and the prevention of crime. Criminology was brought about during the late 18th century when people sought the reform of the criminal justice and penal systems. This was because
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each and every way. The Hippie Generation grew out of an already established non-conformist movement known as the Beat Generation‚ or Beatniks. The Beatniks were a collection of authors living in New York city best known for writing against anything conformist. Many were openly homosexual‚ something absolutely absurd at that time‚ and experimented with drugs quite often. These Beatniks then migrated to San Francisco and became vital in the upbringing of the upcoming Hippie Generation. From Henry
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younger left were at the opposite side of the spectrum. The right wing desired structure‚ valued more male orientated emotional rules like competition and directness‚ valued social status and government control‚ and valued individualistic goals. The hippie left valued more female orientated emotional rules like cooperation and gender equality‚ were completely anti-establishment and government‚ and lived for community and harmony. This duality of culture and counter culture was how 60’s society was divided
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The 1970s in many ways were a continuation of the 60s‚ there were confusion‚ civil disorder‚ and growing violence. Many more Americans aligned themselves with the protesters against the ongoing war in Vietnam. The fight for equality for African Americans‚ Women‚ Native Americans‚ gays and lesbians continued. The criminal actions of President Richard Nixon significantly diminished the American citizen’s abiding faith in their government and political leaders. The multitude of social issues that relentlessly
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1960-1969 was more than just a decade; it was a state of mind. In the United States of America “the Sixties”‚ is a term used to describe the counter culture and social revolutions which occurred during the end of the decade. During this time period‚ a subculture youth movement called the Hippies emerged. The hippies’ opposed the middle-class value/ideal‚ higher education‚ and the Vietnam War. They embraced sexual liberation‚ music‚ peace‚ love‚ and advocated the use of psychedelic drugs which they believed
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Forest Gump Despite his low IQ‚ Forrest Gump leads a truly charmed life‚ taking part in many of the most memorable events in his lifetime. Without trying‚ Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance‚ becomes a football star‚ meets John F. Kennedy‚ serves with honor in Vietnam‚ meets Lyndon Johnson‚ speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument‚ hangs out with the Yippies‚ defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis‚ meets Richard Nixon‚ discovers the break-in at the Watergate‚ opens
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society‚ but with many aspects in common. Subcultures come in a diversity of forms‚ associated with street gangs‚ prison inmates‚ drug addicts‚ football hooligans‚ religious cults‚ hippie communes‚ and punk rockers. On a larger societal scale‚ subcultures include working-class and underclass subcultures‚ racial/ethnic subcultures‚ immigrant subcultures‚ regional subcultures‚ and youth subcultures. Hippie Subculture The existence of many subcultures is characteristic of complex societies such
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