Members and nonmembers of the punk subculture in Los Angeles, California, identified musical bands as being punk or nonpunk and commented on punk culture themes. Results indicated the existence of a private code that expresses the punk style and focal concerns (including fear), and distinguishes punk from the mainstream culture. (MJL)

This paper is directed toward providing an analysis of postwar youth culture in Britain, and focuses upon the meaning of "youth culture" and the nature of the subcultural solution it provides. (Author/AM)

Compares periodical articles representing the "Punk" movement with articles from the "Reader's Digest" and the 1960s hippie movement. Concludes that the punk movement is more expressive and less instrumental than its middle-class counterpart. (KH)

Outlines the crisis-engendering tensions and the main stages of youth identity formation through the history of Israel. Details the historical, political, and psychological origins of identity crises among Israeli youth and the coping styles they have developed. (RDN)

Searches for connections between socialization and change. Suggests that the views of Marx and Weber are more helpful to understanding the origins of political socialization and change than the three explanations currently in the literature, that is, explanations based on uncommon people, dissident subcultures, or changing generations. (Author/JM)

Explores the street life of an adolescent subculture through field study of the Canadian West Coast punk rock subculture. Demonstrates through observation of the members, their behavior and attitudes, and the reactions of others to them, that their activities both represent, and are consequences of, resistance to the dominant order. (Author/JS)

Argues that the use of the concept of youth culture has become unproductive in the development of an adequate sociology of youth. This is based on the contention that the concept is ambiguously related to the sociological concept of subculture under which it is supposed to be subsumed. (Author/AM)

A description of the emergence in England in early 1968 of the "skinheads" a traditional working class delinquent sub-culture, focusing on their life style, key values, and predilection toward violence, ethnocentrism, a Puritan work ethic, and racism. (EH)

Reports an in-depth participant observation of a rural American commune located in a canyon in Northwestern United States in the summer of 1971, focusing on the internal dynamics of the commune; values and beliefs are viewed as the primary focus of integration in addition to common definitions, solidarity, and other factors. (JM)

Data are analyzed and discussed from a sample of Israeli secondary school students in an attempt to determine the social correlates of drug behavior. The probability of drug abuse is assessed in terms (1) of demographic and subgroup variables and (2) of specific social and behavioral traits. (RDN)

Introduces journal issue devoted to youth in the electronic environment. Asks if contemporary adolescents are surrounded by an "electronic environment" and how that environment may influence their development and growth. (CMG)

The attributes of adolescents involved in marihuana and nonmarihuana-using peer groups are described. Adolescent subcultures are highly differentiated and involvement with peers does not necessarily entail rejection and estrangement from parents. (Author/AM)

Examines drug use among Indian university students as a subcultural phenomenon. Suggests that, although drug users' interaction with other drug users fulfills a prerequisite for the existence of a subculture, users' awareness, beliefs, and attitudes concerning drug use and control generally are not consistent with the assumptions of subcultural…

Examines two aspects of adolescence that are components of an explanation of delinquency other than social class; school status and delinquent subcultural involvement. Analysis of data from a longitudinal panel study of males in the Pacific Northwest indicates that both components are related to delinquency. (Author/JM)

Describes the origins and transformation of the Israeli youth movements. Touches on their educational programs, political affiliations, and inculcation of leadership values. Discusses their role in meeting adolescents' psychological and social needs, providing ideological continuity, influencing collective conceptions, strengthening patriotism,…