Durkheim View on Crime and Deviance

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Did Durkheim believe that a certain amount of crime and deviance may be functional for society?
Yes
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who believed that C + D was neccessary to generate change, clarify acceptable behaviour and creates social integration (bonding criminals)
Durkheim
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two reasons why people deviate:
not everyone effectively socialised, diversity of lifestyles -different groups develop their own subcultures
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Durkheim refers to anomie as
normlessness
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Durkheim believed social control was
positive
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why is there normlessness according to durkheim
governing behaviour becoming weaker, specialised divisions means individuals are becoming increasingly different
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Durkheim believes what is weakened by diversity resulting in crime and deviance
collective conscious
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Ounishment according to Durkheim is a way of reaffirming....
societies norms and values + social solidarity
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Punishment reaffirms values and stops
wrong doing
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for Durkheim all change starts with
deviance
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Too much crime accordong to Durkheim
tears bonds of society apart
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who argues there are positive functions for deviance with prostitution
Davis
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Davis argues that prostitution acts as a ....... ...... for the release of sexual frustration without threatening the nuclear family
Safty valve
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who argues that *********** 'channels' sexual desires away from alternatives such as adultry
Polsky
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Cohen identifies a function of deviance a...... that an institution isn't functioning properly
warning
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An example of .... warning, high rates of truancy= probelms with education system
Cohen
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Davis, Polsky and Cohen all looked at the .... aspects of crime and deviance
positive
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Erikson looked at the...aspects of crime and deviance
inevitability - postive
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who suggests that police helps sustain and produce crime rather than prevent it
Erikson
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What supports Erikson
use of carnivals, demonstrations that allow deviance to occur
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criticism of Durkheim...
didn't create crime in advance, just because it exists doesn't mean it was made
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Problem with functionalist view is that it is macro looking at society and not the individual
for example, solidarity of murderer unlikely for victim
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women staying in to avoid attack
not always solidarity
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Durkheim believed that the norms and values reflect society and not
those in power
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