| A | B |
|---|
| subculture | a distinctive set of values that provides an alternative to those of the mainstream culture |
| subterranean values | deviant values everyone shares, usually hidden |
| strain | term used ny Merton and other functionalists to describe a lack of balance and adjustment in society |
| status frustration | according to Cohen, when young men (and women?) feel that they are looked down upon by society |
| techniques of neutralisation | justifications for our deviant actions |
| illegitimate opportunity structure | refers to an alternative, illegal way of life that certain groups in society have access to |
| Appreciative sociology | similar to ethnnography or observational methods i.e. a sociologist who sets out to describe society through observing the group in action and sometimes joining them |
| edgework | derives from Lyng. Refers to activities of young males which provide them with thrills, derived from the rreal possibility of physiscal or emotional harm (e.g. stealing and car racing, drug abuse) |
| ethnographic | form of observational research, in which researcher lives amongst, and describes the activites of, particular group being studied |
| focal concerns | term used by Miller to describe key values |
| stigatised | labelled in a negative way |
