Subcultures - Lea and Young

How do Lea and Young describe why groups create Subcultures?

May develop a subcultural strategies and lifestyles to cope with the problems of relative deprivation and marginalisation

How does Lea and Young’s Subcultural theory contrast with Functionalists?

there is a less consensus about moral values than in the past because there is now an increasingly variety of subcultures - claiming their views as legitimate

According to Lea and Young how do Subcultures increase in conflict and crime?

Increase conflict and rising crime - particularly hate crimes committed against marginalised groups

• e.g. Black and minority ethnic groups, or against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

Who created the Subcultures Theory?

Lea and Young