See society based on value consensus which share common culture and shared norms and values. This produces social solidarity which binds people together.
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The inevitability of crime
They see too much crime as destabalising society, but also that crime is inevitable and for Durkheim very normal and in all healthy societies.
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The positive functions of crime
Boundary maintenance - crime produces a reaction in which reinforces societies shared norms and values. The purpose of punishment is to put people of commit more crimes. Adaptation and change start with deviance creating change to improve society
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Strain theory
structural factors - unequal opportunity and cultural factors are the emphasis on goals and means
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The American dream
Achieve success and your goals through legitimate means, that if you make the effort you can achieve anything.
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Deviant adaptations to strain
Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion
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Status frustration
A.K.Cohen says deviance results from a inability of those in lower classes to achieve mainstream success goals by legitimate means.
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Alternative status heirarchy
From a result of feeling relatively deprived they create their own status hierarchy in order to achieve illegitimately through actions.
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3 subcultures
Cloward and Ohlin - conflict, retreatist and criminal.
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Recent strain theories
Messner and Rosenfeld - institutional anomie thoery: how the winer takes it all mentality everyone strives to pursue wealth
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The inevitability of crime
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They see too much crime as destabalising society, but also that crime is inevitable and for Durkheim very normal and in all healthy societies.
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