Functionalist Explanations - Crime & Deviance

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1. What is anomie and who said it?

  • Durkheim - In peroids of great social change or stress when the collective conscience is weakened people are selfish (anomie)
  • Durkheim - In peroids of great social change or stress when the collective conscience is strengthened people are selfish (anomie)
  • Hirschi - In peroids of great social change or stress when the collective conscience is weakened people are selfish (anomie)
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2. What is Hirschi's theory on crime?

  • Criminal activity occurs when people's attachment to society is strengthened in some way. This depends on the strength of social bonds which hold people to society
  • The more attached you are the less you commit crime Crimnal activity occurs when people's attachment to society is weakened in some way. This depends on the strength of social bonds which hold people to society
  • Deviant activity occurs when people's attachment to society is weakened in some way. This depends on the strength of social bonds which hold people to society

3. How does anomie affect crime and what should be done about it?

  • It doesnt affect it - Nothing
  • Where anomie exists, crime rates rocket - Only by re-affirming the collective values can it be brought back into control
  • Where anomie exists, crime rates fall - Only by re-affirming the collective values can it be brought back into control

4. Which Functionalist is prominent in relation to crime and deviance?

  • Hirschi
  • Durkheim
  • Parsons

5. Who later adapted and developed anomie?

  • Merton
  • Hirschi
  • Marx
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