him with a genuine problem of adjustment. To this problem of adjustment there are a variety of conceivable responses, of which participation in the creation and the maintenance of the delinquent subculture is one. Each mode of response entails costs and yields gratifications of its own”.
Another important function of the delinquent subculture is the legitimation of aggression. There is a certain amount of hostility among the working class towards the middle classes, their middle class superiority and wealth frustrates the working class, the working class are against middle class norms, which in a sense is a cause of their status frustration. This frustration is not the only cause of aggression, in some there may be other forms present. This connection between status frustration and the aggressiveness of the delinquent subculture is a good plausible explanation for