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    The Basketball Subculture

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    Introduction In this analysis I will cover the different aspects of sport subculture and what it means to be a recognizable member within a group. I will give examples of what it means to be a part of such subcultures. For example‚ shared ways of dressing‚ group status and credibility‚ as well as some of the groups norms and rituals. The specific group I will discuss will be my basketball team and the role I play within it. Because my team is at highly competitive level‚ our norms may be unlike

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    Correctional Subculture

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    The correctional subculture has various ethical questions pertaining to a correction officer and his duties. According to Thomson and Wadsworth (2005)‚ when an officer makes the decision to reprimand or write a disciplinary report‚ he is playing a role in the Criminal Justice System (p. 316). A disciplinary committee also has a dilemma because he‚ or she must decide on what punishment should accrue towards the offender. This may be a temporary loss of privileges‚ or he may have his sentence increased

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    1. Tango is a dance of passion‚ emotion and love. Tango allows any and everyone to participate without any judgement or separation. Tango is obviously a subculture. Subculture is defined as a culture within a broader mainstream culture‚ with its own separate values‚ practices‚ and beliefs. In the article‚ everyone is clearly accepting loving and enjoying the 3 minutes of Tango. Its taking the couple’s to a place where they bond all in that moment. Tango is a language of dance‚ rhythm and connection

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    The Similarities and Differences in the Criminal Subculture and the Police Subculture Criminology August 14‚ 2012 The Similarities and Differences in the Criminal Subculture and the Police Subculture A police officers job is to protect and serve. An officer is to offer assistance to those in need and to enforce the laws established by the law makers. A police officer’s job is not the monotonous 8-5 job that most have…..it is ever changing‚ 24-7. It is not a normal environment. Think

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    Subculture: Greasers

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    Greasers Subculture Values and Beliefs: History- Greasers originated in the early 1950’s increasingly popular toward the 1960’s. They originated in the young northeaster and southern united states street gangs and changed rapidly unto other type of individuals. Initially it arose from working class families that didn’t have access to the greatest educational resources. They existed before gangs were dependent on violence and drugs. The greasers of the 1950s took their name from the “Greaser Act”

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    It would have been inconceivable at the turn of the 20th century to imagine the musical freedom‚ variety‚ and subcultures that we have today. What began as a counterculture movement in the 1950s and 1960s eventually gave rise to an incredible array of different types of music‚ rock being the most prevalent and ubiquitous among them. Other music scenes followed; punk rock‚ grunge‚ disco‚ R&B‚ and psychedelic rock to name just a few. A great question is how all of this came about – how did a very

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    A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles‚ behaviors‚ and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family‚ work‚ home and school. Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures The punk subculture‚ which centres on punk rock music‚ includes a diverse array of ideologies‚ fashions and forms of expression‚ including visual art‚

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    Subculture Groups

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    It’s hard to choose just one subculture that I belong to. I am a working mother‚ student and a wife. But if I had to classify just one‚ I would put myself into the mother category. Being a mother is a hard job‚ and can’t be taken lightly. It’s a twenty four hour‚ seven day a week job and is something I would not change for the world. We are commonly called the heroes for being there to take care of the sick‚ sad or angry child. The taxi driver‚ because as everyone knows‚ we are always there

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    high. The drug use in the book can be related to the dramatic increase of drug use by adolescents in the 60s. This counterculture also led to a generation gap that caused friction between the old and

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    Along with its strong impact on religion‚ counterculture greatly impacted several aspects of politics‚ specifically environmental politics. Before the mid 1960s‚ most environmental campaigning was based on the preservation of American wilderness and protecting it from the invasion of urban development and technology. Due to the increasingly complicated politics of the 1960s‚ the strong division between wilderness and technology was not as effective after this time period‚ which lead to changes within

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