Crime is that outcome of class struggle and is the primary conflict resulting from the clash of cultures. Smaller cultures also clash when they are created within the primary. Behaviors that holds lower class norms may be seen by others as a deliberate …show more content…
They would gain their support from their peer group, eventually accepting themselves as failures of living up to the middle-class standards. The eventually become a stable member in the community and accept their station in life. The college boy tries to live by middle class expectations, but still fails to live up to the middle-class standard. They will continually try to be a part of the middle class, but still not adhere to the standards. The delinquent boy goes through a reaction formation, where they internalized the middle-class norms but realizes that they will not accomplish it. (Wollan, 2015) They will desire the middle-class norms, but accepts that they cannot have it. So, they rebel against or do things that offend the middle-class norms;