Youth deviant groups create cultural friction during social change.

Evidence

The Mods and Rockers symbolized something far more important than what they actually did. … When this was combined with a too-open flouting of the work and leisure ethic, with violence and vandalism, and the (as yet) uncertain threats associated with drug-taking, something more than the image of a peaceful Bank Holiday at the sea was being shattered. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 754

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 754
• XREF: connects to: Societal control culture responds differently based on stereotypes of deviance. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 339; Moral panics arise from cultural strains caused by social change and serve as mechanisms of social control reinforcing existing power dynamics. — Moral Panic | Social Sciences and Humanities | Research Starters; Sociologists have shown that young people are often rendered societal ‘folk devils’—portrayed as rejecting traditional values, and thus as a threat to the social order. — Folk devils? Perceived lack of traditional values explains youth … (+2 more)