The Delinquent Solution
British Journal of SociologyPublished 1 December 1966
Paul Rock, David M. Downes
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The concept of the 'subculture' has undergone considerable development in sociology, and has emerged as a separate field of study. It has proved useful as a tool with which to describe aspects of adult and juvenile deviance in America. Although adult subcultures have been documented in this country, Downes finds no evidence in secondary sources for the existence of a delinquent subculture here. Writing on delinquent subcultures has followed a discrete
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