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Albert K. Cohen
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- Albert Cohen
Albert K.
Cohen (June 15, 1918, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) is an American criminologist best known for his Subcultural Theory of delinquenturban gangs.
Biography of albert k cohen
Albert Cohen (1918) addressed the criticisms of Merton and suggested a theory based on the replacement of society’s common norms and values by sub-cultures. He proposed two basic ideologies, the first of which is called status frustration.
Status frustration is directed mainly to the young people of lower classes. There is no parallel between their own social realities and the rest of society's promoted goals. They become frustrated at the disadvantages and inequalities that they face, and this leads to Cohen’s second principle; reaction formation.
Reaction formation is the reaction from status frustration, and the young men of the lower classes find themselves replacing societies norms and values