Individuals see they have to work hard to get their dream, so achieve it legitimately
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Definition of Innovation--
Individuals see the need for money success so use illegitimate means to get there, such as fraud.
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Definition of Ritualism--
Give up on goals and get stuck in dead end jobs, e.g middle class office workers
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Definition of Retreatism--
Individuals reject legitimate and illegitimate means and become drop outs. E.g. psychotics, tramps, alcoholics, drug addicts.
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Definition of Rebelion--
Rebel against current means to get new ways of success
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What is a Critisism of Mertons Strain Theorey?
Takes official crime statistics at face value, as official statistic over represent working class crime, so Merton sees crime as a working class phenomena.
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What do Marxists say about Merton?
Merton ignores how the ruling class enforce laws that benefit the rich and not the poor
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What is a critisism of Functionalist theorys?
Explaining the functions of crime doesn’t explain what caused them in the first place.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Why will crime help prevent anomie/normlessness?
Back
Not everyone socialised into same norms/values. some more proned to deviance. (Diversity of lifestyles)
Card 3
Front
What is Durkheims - Boundie Maintenance?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is Durkheims - Adaption and Change?
Back
Card 5
Front
What does Durkheim say about the amounts of crime & deviance needed in society?
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