Other functions of crime
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 12-11-14 18:34
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- Other functions of crime
- Other sociologists have developed Durkheim's idea that deviance can have positive functions.
- Davis: Prostitution acts as a 'safety valve,' for the release of men's sexual frustrations without threatening the monogamous, nuclear family.
- Cohen: A warning that an institution is not functioning properly
- For example, high truancy rates may tell us that the education system is not functioning properly.
- Erikson: If crime and deviance performs social functions, society may be organised to promote social deviance rather than rid society of it.
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