Subcultural theories, and in particular the later work of Cohen, have tried to answer some of the unanswered questions of earlier theories such as Anomie. In doing so, subcultural theories have both introduced and expanded on several ideas, allowing their principal strengths and weaknesses to be noted. As always, the weaknesses of the theories have been subject to much more comment, but this should not detract from the fact that subcultural theories are a duly respected area of criminology.
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