Functionalism and Crime: Durkheim
- Created by: livmccomb
- Created on: 10-05-18 18:44
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- Collective conscience (core values) + legal system = social order
- Functionalism & Crime: Durkheim
- Crime is positive!
- 1.Reaffirming boundaries: Publicity reminds society to behave eg- trials in newspapers
- 2.Changing values: Functional rebels defying outdated or wrong laws eg- Nelson Mandela overturned apartheid
- 3.Social cohesion: Horrific crimes strengthen community bonds eg- Manchester bombings
- Crime is negative!
- 1. Anomie and loss of social control imposed by collective conscience
- 2.Egoism, collective conscience too weak to restrain deviance n selfishness
- Crime is positive!
- Functionalism & Crime: Durkheim
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