functionalism - theories of crime
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- Created on: 28-04-19 18:55
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- functionalist: theories of crime
- Durkheim
- Present in all societies
- but too much crime can cause society to collapse
- causes anomie
- rapid social change
- crime levels are too high
- causes anomie
- too little, cases society to become stagnate
- but too much crime can cause society to collapse
- positive functions of crime
- strengthens collective consciousness- society shows behaviour was bad.
- promotes social solidarity against the common enemy (the criminal)
- promotes social change
- reinforces the boundaries of acceptable behaviour in society
- strengthens collective consciousness- society shows behaviour was bad.
- promotes social solidarity against the common enemy (the criminal)
- strengthens collective consciousness- society shows behaviour was bad.
- strengthens collective consciousness- society shows behaviour was bad.
- Davis - safety valve
- Cohen - warning function
- Present in all societies
- miller
- working class has its own culture
- 6 focal concerns
- excitement
- trouble
- 6 focal concerns
- working class has its own culture
- A K Cohen
- believed that merton ignored non-utilitarian crimes
- status frustration
- to cope they formed delinquent subcultures
- success and hard work when that doesn't work they turn to other means to reach success
- Cloward and Ohlin
- types of subcultures
- criminal
- conflict
- retretist
- drugs and failed in both i
- types of subcultures
- Matza
- delinquency an d drift
- we hold two levels of values
- respectable, conventional ones
- Underlying subterranean ones
- techniques of neutralisation
- denial of injury
- denial of victim
- condemnation of condemners
- denial of response
- appeal to higher loyalties
- Drift
- no control over their lives
- and In that period they are are more likely to turn to crime
- will grow out of it
- we hold two levels of values
- delinquency an d drift
- merton
- Achieve society goals legitimately or illegitimately
- response to strain
- conformity
- innovation
- ritualism
- retreatism
- Rebellion
- functions
- manifest - intended
- latent - unintended
- Durkheim
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