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6. Durkheim refers to anomie as
- normlessness
- togetherness
7. Cohen identifies a function of deviance a...... that an institution isn't functioning properly
- warning
- loving
- alternative
8. for Durkheim all change starts with
- deviance
- conformity
- normlessness
9. An example of .... warning, high rates of truancy= probelms with education system
- Merton
- POlsky
- Cohen
- Davis
10. criticism of Durkheim...
- didn't create crime in advance, just because it exists doesn't mean it was made
- crime in advance, just because it exists does mean it was made
- crime in the future, just because it exists doesn't mean it was made
11. Davis argues that prostitution acts as a ....... ...... for the release of sexual frustration without threatening the nuclear family
- Safty valve
- valve
- correction
- high rates of truancy
12. Punishment reaffirms values and stops
13. Erikson looked at the...aspects of crime and deviance
- negative
- inevitability - postive
- pole
14. who believed that C + D was neccessary to generate change, clarify acceptable behaviour and creates social integration (bonding criminals)
- Becker
- Cohen
- Durkheim
- Merton
15. Did Durkheim believe that a certain amount of crime and deviance may be functional for society?
16. Too much crime accordong to Durkheim
- tears bonds of society apart
- represses and controls members
17. two reasons why people deviate:
- not everyone effectively socialised, diversity of lifestyles -different groups develop their own subcultures
- everyone is effectively socialised, diversity of lifestyles -different groups develop their own subcultures
18. What supports Erikson
- use of carnivals, demonstrations that allow deviance to occur
- use of carnivals, demonstrations that do not allow deviance to occur
19. Durkheim believes what is weakened by diversity resulting in crime and deviance
- illusion
- collective conscious
- deviance amplification
- wrongdoing
20. women staying in to avoid attack
- not always solidarity
- always solidarity