Problem

Criminal subculture

Other Names:
Underworld society
Criminal sub-culture
Underworld milieu
Nature:

Members of the criminal underworld are alienated from their societies and may characterize themselves as such not only by idiom, but by mannerisms, clothes, and a range of behavioural preferences and adaptations.

Incidence:

A criminal sub-culture is in evidence in most large cities in the industrialized west, and is a phenomenon of growing concern in most of the rest of the world. A recent study in the USA on convicted murderers showed that 60% had been abused children, 50% came from broken homes, 65% never finished high school, 70% lived below the poverty line, and 60% were unemployed at the time of the commission of their crime.

Broader Problems:
Criminals
Social deviation
Narrower Problems:
Criminal gangs
Related Problems:
Drug subculture
Values:
Culture
Crime
Subject(s):
Culture Culture
Environment Environment
Societal Problems Crime
Society Minority, indigenous groups
Society Society
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 4: Quality EducationGOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
03.06.2019 – 22:50 CEST