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    Inmate Subculture

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    inmate adapts to the cell‚ food‚ showers‚ the yard‚ visitation‚ even loneliness‚ the inmate becomes part of the subculture. The inmate subculture is comprised of beliefs‚ values‚ habits‚ customs and they even dabble in forms of witchcraft. Many believing that inmates that die behind bars‚ spirits walk the corridors.

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    customs (Tylor‚ 1871). Similarly‚ the definition of what constitutes a subculture is contested and open to multiple interpretations. The common theme of subcultural definitions includes the notion that subcultures “construct‚ perceive and portray” themselves as isolated groups separate from the parent culture (Macdonald‚ 2001‚ 152). The relationship between culture and subculture can arguably be understood through the subcultures “subordinate‚ subaltern and subterranean” relationship principally the

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    composing a cultural minority and respect their right to live as Deaf person.”(Bonnie Tucker 1997) The subculture that I research/analyzed was the Deaf community at Santa Fe College. When asking many students on campus on whether they have knowledge about this community and its existences many people respond with “No”. With so many people responding this way‚ this was the reason why I chose this subculture to be researched and to bring awareness to its presence on campus. From a young age I have been interest

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    Hip-Hop Subcultures

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    nameplates‚ name belts‚ and multiple rings‚ and jewelry made with heavy gold worn by rappers are popular within the Hip-Hop audience. In addition‚ break dancing‚ graffiti writing‚ sampling‚ and beatboxing are elements often found in the Hip-Hop subculture. ("Hip Hop: National Geographic World

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    Outline And Explain the view that youth subcultures are a form of resistance to capitalism (33 Marks) A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles‚ behaviours‚ and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family‚ work‚ home and school. Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a countries trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit. I will use evidence from the CCCS

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    The final movement which radically challenged tradition and authority‚ among many other things‚ was the Punk movement. Emerging in the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ and Australia in the mid-1970s‚ the Punk subculture centers on punk rock music‚ “which was a reaction to the popular music in the 1970s that had overtaken the general public” (Savage‚ 2018). Characterized by their anti-establishment views and the promotion of individual freedom‚ Punk became a symbol of teen rebellion and alienation

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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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    Prison Cost Of Prison

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    no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits

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    Prisons

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    In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or

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    Beasley Jail’s and Prison’s Response Prisons range from minimum to maximum security. They are designed to house criminals who have committed similar types of offenses. The penal institutions of developed countries usually offer better living conditions and greater inmate safety than those found in undeveloped or authoritarian nations. Although most correctional facilities are intended to incarcerate adult‚ civilian criminals‚ prison types‚ exist for military personnel‚ juveniles‚ violent

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