Having enough money can help teens cover up their deviance. I think the money plays a role for almost all students at my high school because we live in a wealthier area.
In the story we read, Saints and Roughnecks, money played a very big role in who got caught. The Saints had money for alcohol, and had cars, so they could get away to further parts of town, where they had less of a chance of getting caught by their parents or school officials. The roughnecks, though, had less money, so they were unable to escape being caught by people in their community.
Although both groups of kids were deviant, the Saints were able to hide it much easier, mainly because they were able to escape by car, because they had more money.
Moral of the story--if you're going to be deviant, it will be more successful if you have more money. :)
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