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6. who discusses organised crime amongst elite groups?
- chambliss
- pearce
- cohen
- south
7. who discussed the liberation thesis?
- Adler
- archer
- parsons
- durkheim
8. what is utilitarian crime?
- hedonistic; for material gain
- symbolic; vandalism, violence
9. who sees crime as societies 'safety valve' eg relieving the instrumental rolse through prostitution?
- cloward
- Davis
- merton
- Durkheim
10. who claims men have an innate criminality?
- Lombroso and terrero
- heidensohn
- cicourel
- white
11. what does merton say a 'conformist' response is?
- rejecting institutional cultural strain, creating own goals and means of achieving them
- accepting the goals and means of cultural strain
- loosing sight of the goals but accepting the means of cultural strain
- rejecting the goals and means of cultural strain
12. what is control theory?
- men have an innate criminality
- the class and gender deals; dont need to offend because of material rewards after work and emotional rewards for performing the expressive role
- women suffer patriarchy in the home, at work and in public
- women and men are charged differently for the same crimes
13. who discussed 'boundary maintenance'? (formal sanctions lead to collective social morality and social solidarity) functionalist
- Durkheim
- cohen
- cloward
- Ohlin
14. what is meant by crime as a warning sign?
- indicator of social dysfunction and need for positive social change
- indicator of female liberation from patriarchy
- indicator of bad policing
- indicator of social consensus
15. who talks about the 3 types of subculture; criminal, conflict and retreatist?
- davis
- cloward & ohlin
- parsons
- merton
16. who discusses selective law enforcement and the mystification process of crime?
- chambliss
- Box
- adler
- gordon
17. who discussed anomie and a specialised society?
- durkheim
- merton
- cloward
- davis
18. who talks about laws as performing an ideological function eg health laws to maintain the capitalist labour force?
- Pearce
- merton
- gordon
- Chambliss
19. who explained that crime is undesirable- 'society of saints'?
- merton
- Durkheim
- davis
- parsons
20. who discussed strain theory?
- ohlin
- davis
- merton
- durkheim