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In analysing Adam's criminality theoretical explanations reflect that he is suffering from status frustration (1955), however Steven Box 1981 believed that Cohen's theory was only plausible for a small number of delinquents.
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In analysing Adam's criminality theoretical explanations reflect that he is suffering from status frustration (1955), however Steven Box 1981 believed that Cohen's theory was only plausible for a small number of delinquents. He questioned Cohen's view that most delinquent youths accepted mainstream standards of success. Box argued they feel resentment at being regarded as failures by teachers and middle-class youths whose values they do not share or accept. These youths reject these values and turn against those people who look down on them and refuse to tolerate the way they are insulted. (Box 1981) Despite such criticisms Cohen's ideas continue to offer an insight to criminality, even his critics must agree that status becomes an important issue within many subcultures. The work of Miller (1962) describes the desire for toughness and smartness coupled with the work of Jock Young clearly reflect these issues as prominent goals associated with many young men. Merton...
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