The criminal sub cultures

Abstract

The main currents of American sociology of deviance include the following criminological theories: Social Ecology, social disorganization, anomie, differential association, culture conflict, criminal subculture, first theory of control, labeling theory, social systems theory, prison subculture theory, second theory of control, structural conflict, radical criminology.

This work focuses on the development of criminal subcultures, which explains the deviant behavior of certain minorities, youth criminality, and teenagers from lower classes organized in gangs. This subculture is characterized by its members mostly being groups of individuals with different traits in relation to the official society, as they institutionalize ways of seeing the world, managing an axiological code or value system that has some autonomy but without becoming independent from the dominant culture; they respond to an internal organization through which they guide their behavior against the dominant culture, all these characteristics mix, confuse, and present themselves in a plural and heterogeneous society.

As a result of the analysis of the current called criminal subculture, it is explained how in society some individuals present problems of social adaptation, this discord results in the individual’s anti-juridical behavior, individuals who do not adapt to the rules imposed by a dominant culture.

It is analyzed if there is a pattern of behavior and communication among delinquent individuals, observing that in their worldview their objective is to confront the established legal order in society; for them, delinquency is a way to show the degree of rejection they have towards the dominant culture, showing characteristics such as non-utilitarianism, malice, and negativism.

Within the criminal subculture, there are factors that determine the increase in criminality, such as family violence, family abandonment, poverty, lack of education, and the media, these factors contribute to the increase in criminality.

Finally, this work describes the criminal behavior of a series of individuals, many of whom have killed more than one person at different times, a situation that increases the crime rate, making a comparison between a serial killer and one who is not; the serial killer, despite their dangerousness, is difficult to identify and recognize at first sight, many experts in the field like Professor Adriann Reine point out that the violence with which psychopaths act does not have the emotional color that characterizes the violence of other people.