Functionalism + Crime Quiz

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Reactions to crime clarify boundaries of acceptable behaviour and creates social integration through uniting society against the criminal, forming shared values. It also generates social change.
Durkheim
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Deviant tendencies are controlled by schools, the family etc. If these institutions are lacking or weak, deviance will occur.
Hirschi
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What are Hirschi's four 'bonds' that bind people to society?
Attachment, involvement, commitment, belief
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Who believes that deviance is a 'safety valve', and also that it warns us about societies inadequacies?
Cohen
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Who believes crime is a product of bad socialisation, mainly because of the family failing to instill the correct norms and values into their offspring?
Parsons
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Who argues that too much crime threatens societies stability by challenging its norms and values?
Durkheim
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Who developed strain theory?
Merton
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What are Merton's five responses to anomie?
Conformity, ritualism, retreatism, innovation, rebellion
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