Juvenile Culture And Culture

Culture is the pattern of thinking and behavior in which people living in a particular social group learn, create and share. Through this, others can distinguish to which society does a person belongs to. The way a person dress, the way he talks and how he thinks about something shows his identity. This essay will look at how juvenile prison culture shapes the life and gives meaning to a young man called Dude. The essay will further look into specific aspects of culture, such as kinship and family and the guidance they provide, or not, that affects how his life gives him meaning. Including connections to the prison system. I will also expand on the idea of pollution in the Detroit community and on how one interprets that can give a child less

Theses teenagers are out in the “hood” selling dope and are arrested and convicted as juveniles, where as if someone over the age of eighteen was caught for the same crime they would be charged as an adult. As an adult they would be sent to a larger prison populated by older inmates and constantly monitored by armed guards and wouldn’t get the help they need in order to re-integrate them into society. The age on which they are convicted could impact on how long they are sent away for. A juvenile may get nine months, whereas were you an adult could potentially mean up to fifteen years. Being charged as “adults” are they already condemning the meaning of their lives? These teens are aware of how the justice system works in their society and therefor believe they can manipulate it, to some extent. They talk about “getting too old for the dope game”, referring to them knowing that the “game” stops once you are an adult, for the stakes are too

As the dirtiness- based hierarchy starts with whites at the top, in Detroit, with legal jobs and safe communities, with their practices aimed at reducing risk and danger to their people. Therefore, meaning that those who are not them, Caucasian, are the dangerous ones. By reinforcing class inequality systems that are fabricated by the understandings of how we view people by using the word ‘dirt’ can give a child less meaning to his or her life. He knows no better than what he does, for his family and society have taught him these values, money matters. He does not plan on the drug trade culture to be a forever situation, but sees it as a temporary circumstance to be in. It is not “forever” for adults are not the ones selling dope. They are the one in his society that are either killed or locked away until they are middle aged. The lack of older role models around them results in them acting older than their age. This then leads to taking over responsibility among family matters that others are no longer capable of, for one reason or another. These morals of family show that he would rather think about their survival first before think about him and the repercussions that may occur. His family is the meaning of his life. Even when doing time, he is thinking of what will do in the future that can help his sick mother, and if he can