How do social disorganization and cultural transmission affect “gang” values?
How do social disorganization and cultural transmission affect “gang” values?
How often does gang have to engange in criminal activities?
Is gang related crime less noticeable and less reported than usual individual crimes?
Why is that so? What criteria are used to assess gang membership?
According to these theories, social disorganization erodes how information is regulated, and cultural social isolation shapes norms that encourage violent conduct.
Nonconventional norms around behavior are the result of the failure of structural factors to restrain behaviors that represent subcultural preferences.
What is cultural transmission?
Cultural transmission is the process through which cultural elements, in the form of attitudes, values, beliefs, and behavioral scripts, are passed onto and taught to individuals and groups.
What is cultural transmission in sociology?
Cultural transmission is defined as “the process of learning through which the values, standards, norms, etc. of a culture are passed on to succeeding generations” (Reber, 1995, p. 177). Cultural transmission is the knowledge that is learned and transmitted to later generations.
