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6. Conformity

  • Stopped trying to achieve cultural goals, but go along with it anyway
  • People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through legitimate means
  • People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through legitimate means
  • People who reject main cultural goals and the means of achieving them.

7. Durkheim

  • Deviance allows for social change to occur
  • Crime reinforces values, norms and behaviour of the majority
  • Crime is dysfunctional when the level is too high or too low

8. Rebellion

  • People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through illlegitimate means
  • Engage in a protest and revolution to try and change it
  • People who still try to achieve the main cultural goals through legitimate means
  • People who reject main cultural goals and the means of achieving them.

9. Cohen

  • Boundary maintenance. Warning device.
  • Safety valve. Warning device
  • Boundary maintenance. Safety Valve

10. 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

11. Ritualism

  • Stopped trying to achieve cultural goals, but still going along with institutional means
  • People who still try to achieve cultural goals through legitimate means
  • People who innovate to find illegitimate means to achieve cultural goals
  • People who engage in protest

12. Conflict Subculture

  • Gangs organised by young people themselves, often based on claiming territory from other gangs
  • 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

13. Innovation

  • 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
  • Stopped trying to achieve cultural goals, but go along with it anyway
  • People who reject main cultural goals and the means of achieving them.

14. Differential Association

  • Deviance is learnt and passed on
  • Deviance reinforces values, norms and behaviours os society
  • Deviance lets out peoples pent up aggression