evaluation of functionalism (C&D)

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evaluation of functionalism (C&D)

Advantages

  • crime is a "safety valve" and this has a positive effect for society because individuals can release stress and this helps people realise that there is something going wrong within the structure of society
  • deviance is needed to make social changes

Disadvantages

  • "whose" value consensus are we actually following
  • how can crime be beneficial when it affects so many people in a negative way
  • ignores who has more power in society/more control

Evaluation

from a marxist perspective, crime is a result of capitalism and the priorities given to the middle-class. this leads the working-class to feel alienated and rejected from society

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