Functionalism
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2. Innovation
- Stopped trying to achieve cultural goals, but go along with it anyway
- People who reject main cultural goals and the means of achieving them.
- People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through lillegitimate means
- People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through legitimate means
3. Boundary Maintenance
- Crime is dysfunctional when the level is too high or too low
- Crime reinforces values, norms and behaviour of the majority
- Deviance allows for social change to occur
4. Criminal Subculture
- Organised crime where career criminals can socialise youths into their own criminal career that might result in material success
- Those who are unable to access either legitimate or illegitimate opportunity structures might drop out altogether but might do so as a group rather than an individual. E.g these groups may abuse drugs
- Gangs organised by young people themselves, often based on claiming territory from other gangs
5. Durkheim
- Limited amount of crime is necessary. Crime has positive functions. Too much crime is bad for society.
- Crime is unnecessary. Crime has many negative functions. Too much crime is good for society
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