Friday, November 7, 2014!!Deviant Association!! 1. Colleagues:!! ! - Jump from loner to colleague deviance is the most sig. in that introduces the !! ! possibility of a deviant subculture as well as back stage/ front stage realms!! 2. Peers:!! ! - Require mutual participation (coordination), but with a minimal level of devision! ! ! of labor!! ! ! -EX: the neighborhood drug dealer/buyer!! 3. Crews:!! ! - Requires cooperative participation!! ! - Crews are more organized than peers and members have specialized skills,!! ! knowledge and roles!! ! ! -EX: Card/dice hustler!! 4. Formal Organizations:!! ! - Most organized with a high level of devision of labor with horizonatal and!! ! vertical differentiation !! ! -Larger than crews in time ( longer lasting) and space (larger operational!! ! territory)!! ! ! -EX: International gangs like Crips, Bloods, Hell's Angles, Mafia,!! ! ! Columbian and Mexican drug cartels,!! ! - Also includes legit organizations using deviant/ criminal eays to advance legit!! ! goals!! ! ! -EX: Exxon, GM, BP!!Robert Jenkot: Cooks are like God: Hierarchies in Meth-Producing Groups:!! -Status Hierarchy!! ! 1. Methamphetamine Cook: highest status and power!! ! 2. Gas Man/ Juicer: obtain the ingredients, a dangerous job that is second to cooks in status!! ! 3. Shopper: Further procurers ( not necessarily precursor chemicals)!! ! 4. Dope Ho: Slightly above simple users, regular members, who traded sex for drugs!! ! 5. Meth Users: members of the group!! ! 6. Simple User: not part of the group in any way, and may be regarded as a 'pain in the ass'!!Jody Miller: Gender and Victimization Risk among Young Women in Gangs:!! 3 Stages:!! ! 1. Gangs as Protection and Risk:!!! ! 2. Gender and Status - theres stratification between the men and women!! ! ! - gangs are male dominated!1Friday, November 7, 2014! ! ! - Women who display the male characteristics ( status rewarded attributes)!! ! ! - Men tend to hold all leadership positions!! ! ! - There are only 2 ways women are able to elevate their status in gangs!! ! ! ! (i) willingness to use violence and commit dangerous crimes!! ! ! ! (ii) connection to high status men!! ! ! - There is stratification hierarchy not only between the men and women in gangs but also among the women themselves!!! ! 3. Devaluation and Victimization!! ! ! - Protection vs. victimization!! ! ! - They traded victimization by strangers for victimization by people they knew!! ! ! - "Sexed into the gang" (vs. beat in) - lower status girls identify themselves by allowing this (viewed as "sexually promiscuous, weak and not 'true members')!! ! ! - Trading in the risk of being victimized by outsiders for being victim...!!8 Features of Deviant Subcultures!! Vocabulary!! Norms!! Values!! System of status stratification!! Ideology!! Lore!! Social Support!! Information