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According to _______, delinquent gangs and the subcultural values they embrace are concentrated in urban slums.According to _______, delinquent gangs and the subcultural values they embrace are concentrated in urban slums.

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Answer: Cohen.

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Albert K. Cohen (1918-2014) analyzed the delinquency subculture, centering on gang crime in the working-class juvenility in urban slums. A characteristic culture is formed due to a perceived absence of growth possibilities in society. According to Cohen, crime arises because young people join subcultures with abnormal values and immoral ideas.

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