Functionalist Explanations - Crime & Deviance

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1. What is the evalutaion of Hirschi?

  • Assumes shared values, someimes social bons lead to deviance (peer groups or subcultures)
  • someimes social bons lead to deviance (peer groups or subcultures), ignores shared values
  • Assumes shared values, fails to explain role of subcultures in crime, Fails to acknowledge victims of crime, accepts official stastics as valid, fails to explore moivations of deviant acts
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2. What was the positive side of crime (Durkheim)?

  • The more attached you are the less you commit crime - only those not needed will commit it
  • Helps society change and remain dynamic, builds collective conscience
  • Too much crime leads to social disruption, anomie

3. What is changning values?

  • Deviant acts can release pressure (eg prostitution releases men's pressure without threatneing the family as an insitution)
  • Any sympathy that crime attracts can prove social change in values and lead to changes in the law
  • The media that crime atttracts publicly re-affirms the values of society

4. What is social cohesion?

  • When horrible crimes have taken place, the community strengthens and feels a sense of belonging
  • Deviant acts can release pressure (eg prostitution releases men's pressure without threatneing the family as an insitution)
  • Any sympathy that crime attracts can prove social change in values and lead to changes in the law

5. What is re-affirming the boundaries?

  • The media that crime atttracts publicly re-affirms the values of society
  • Any sympathy that crime attracts can prove social change in values and lead to changes in the law
  • When horrible crimes have taken place, the community strengthens and feels a sense of belonging
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