Albert Cohen created a theory in which he argued that lower class youth experience blocked opportunity to achieve status and gain respect in the conventional society because status and respect are earned by ______.

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Cohen's theory of delinquent subcultures argues that working-class youth experience a status frustration because they lack the skills, values, and resources to succeed in the middle-class world. Therefore, they create alternative subcultures where they can gain status and respect on their own terms, often through delinquent behavior. Cohen argues that the standards and values of the middle-class society are inaccessible and incomprehensible to lower-class youth, and therefore they cannot achieve status and respect by meeting them.

Albert Cohen Created a Theory in Which He Argued That