Functionalism and crime
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- Functionalism and Crime
- Consensus theory - say society is made up of part that shape behaviour and institutions (education family and media) work together to socialise into value consensus via norms and values.
- Says social policy are key for society to run smooth - social stability
- Durkheim
- "crime is normal part of society" - it's universal and inevitable
- Found due to inequality so are socialised different to norms and so deviate.
- rules become weaker and less clean cut so collectivist consensus is weaker.
- EVAL - looks at function it serves and how it might affect individuals
- Merton
- Anomie - have given incentives to roles, achieve goals to society.
- for most the dream is material and financial success - occurs at all levels
- but when were unable to it means there's a lack to create success - strain. people might be denied opportunity
- EVAL - material wealth is high so property crime is high. Marx say it ignores the way ruling class criminalise poor
- Cohen - lack of status = frustration leads to deviance. W.C lack opps to succeed in society and leads to deprivation so disqualification in society
- Miller - W.C values are "excitement and toughness" so isolated from society
- Seen in christian extremists murdering an abortion doctor.
- Consensus theory - say society is made up of part that shape behaviour and institutions (education family and media) work together to socialise into value consensus via norms and values.
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