Santa Barbara College Criminal Subcultures Five Points Gang Discussion Questions

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Choose a deviant group that interests you. Introduce and describe your group. Please present us with a different deviant group than examples from class. You cannot use the Transhumanist Movement or marijuana subculture. You may provide a link if your group has an online presence.

2. Drawing from lecture, videos, and readings, answer the following: Is your chosen group deviant or criminal? Or both? Why? (i.e., behavioral, conditional, ascribed, public, etc). What types of norms do they violate? What sanctions might they experience? How might the relativist/social power perspective apply to your group? What theories/concepts from online Chapter 7 might explain your deviant group? How might the members of your group experience the labeling process as described in lecture? Do you see your deviant group moving into mainstream culture like the marijuana industry or the body hacking/Transhumanist movement? Remember, deviance is in the "eye of the beholder" and we are taking a sociological approach without judgment.

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Running head: CRIMINAL SUBCULTURES

Criminal Subcultures;Five Points Gang
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CRIMINAL SUBCULTURES

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Deviance Group: Five Points Gang

Deviant subcultures have been in existence in our history since the inception of cultural
and social standards. A subculture is derived from a large referential culture; it is a smaller group
of people in a society which consists of smaller cultural formations that fits within a larger
group. The term subculture is often loosely used in denoting shared norms, interests, and values
that are unique to certain individuals or a combination of people from larger cultural systems.
Subcultures are distinguishable from larger groups due to their unique belief systems and
characteristics.On the hand, deviance comprises of people engaging in behaviors or holding
perspectives that contradict societal and cultural norms(Hazlehurst and Hazlehurst, 2018).
Characteristics of such behaviors include drug addiction, crime, and non-traditional sexual
behaviors. There are several criminal subcultures that have continued to exist throughout the last
century which have both local and international influence and operations. Studies have shown
that names like Al Capone and John Gotti were strong criminals who belonged to criminal
groups like the Five Points Gang. The objective of this article i...


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