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    town of Portland. This subculture is the most similar to the main subculture‚ as a result of these population is most similar to the town’s people. Although‚ this is not the wealthiest subculture it is still higher than most towns people due to the fact that they can own motor crafts; this is also the subculture in which I consider myself to be a part of. We then move on to the finger docks and galley docks which hold the middle-class boats and boat owners. This subculture follows the values of the

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    Kaitlin M. Boyle ran a study in the pursuit of explaining why certain men gravitate towards high-risk fraternities and how being a member in this fraternity subculture enforces hostility and abuse toward women. Boyle uses a social psychological approach to compare the individual attitudes‚ which is the fraternity subculture and their behaviors toward women. Many rapes happen in a fraternity house‚ usually after a party or an athletic event. Most of the men use myths to justify the rape accusation

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    Hardcore Punk Subculture The subculture that grasped my interest the most is hardcore punk. It is a subculture that originally formed in California during the 1970’s and mainly focuses on the music genre‚ punk rock. The reason why hardcore punk became a subculture is because of political issues. It is undefined when trying to solve what origin of music this subculture is. Ryan Cooper‚ a punk music journalist‚ wrote a response to the mainstream media in his article about this subculture quoting‚ “hardcore

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    reasons why young people join youth subcultures (17 marks) Functionalists would argue that people need to be integrated into society to feel a sense of belonging. This is called social integration and without they believe that society would break down and experience ‘anomie’‚ where people lack a sense of belonging. For young people‚ the integration comes from the family during primary socialisation or the media or education in secondary education. The subcultures can share the same interests such

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    Using deviant subcultures‚ I am go to analyze the life of the Ching-a-Lings. Deviant subcultures is a theory‚ based off of Merton’s strain theory‚ that sees deviance as resulting not only from the lack of legal means to succeed‚ but also from the accessibility of illegal means to get to the top (Macionis‚ 2017). Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin predicted conflict and retreatist subcultures would arise in the case of people being unable to find any opportunity. The members of the Ching-a-Ling gang

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    The Police and Corruption The police. Twenty-four hours a day‚ three hundred sixty-five days a year‚ this division of our government has a mandate to enforce the criminal law and preserve public peace. Understood in this mandate is an obligation to police everyday life matters that originate in the daily lives and activities of citizens within their community. Police interact in some form with the average citizen more often than any other government official. In society today the police

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    Raver Subculture in Young America Over the past few years‚ an interesting focus has developed among our youth subculture in American society today. I have been interested in how the raver subculture has come into existence‚ and how they are able to maintain their unanimity and cohesiveness. This subculture mainly consists of people who go to "raves‚" also known as‚ underground dance parties where people go to hear "techno" (electronically produced) music and have intense experiences‚ which

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    Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice ME RT NT OF J US CE TI National Institute of Justice R e s e a r c h R e p o r t N BJ A C E I OF F IJ J O F OJJ D P B RO J US T I C E P “Broken Windows” and Police Discretion S G OVC RA MS U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street N.W. Washington‚ DC 20531 Janet Reno Attorney General Raymond C. Fisher Associate Attorney General Laurie Robinson Assistant Attorney General Noël Brennan

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    years a variety of youth subcultures associated with music‚ dance‚ and unconventional forms of spirituality have emerged. The 1980s introduced us to a combination of fast-paced‚ repetitive electronic music with choreographed laser shows. This was the birth of the “rave culture.” Many argue the notion that “rave” is a subculture‚ as it has not established an identifiable dress code or set itself apart from the wider culture. Some of those that acknowledge ‘rave’ as a subculture say it is nothing more

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    corruption is defined as the abuse of power by a public official for private gain. Police corruption is the abuse of power by a police officer for their own personal gain. Police officers become corrupt mainly for monetary gain because most feel that police officers do not make enough money and they want to make more. Police corruption can be costly to society and it can even violate the rights of society. Police corruption can show favoritism to some and unfairness to others. If the people of our

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