FUNCTIONALIST ON CRIME AND DEVIANCE

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Durkheim believed what about C&D
A certain amount of deviance was essential in maintaining a healthy society
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Acts of deviance test and strengthen what?
the moral defences of a society . Sometimes referred to as the inoculation theory
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The functions of C&D are :
1. Reinforcing and strengthening social norms & values
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The functions of C&D are :
2. Bringing about social change through challenging norms
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The functions of C&D are :
3. A safety valve for the release of tension
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The functions of C&D are :
4. A warning device to indicate underlying discontent
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Robert Merton strain theory is based on ...
Anomie but ideas based on the American Dream
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What is the strain theory?
A strain or tension arises when individuals internalise the values and goals of material success but lack the means of obtaining it
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Individuals adapt to this strain in a number of ways -
1. Innovators 2. Ritualists 3. Retreatists 4. Rebels
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Innovators do what ...
Accept goal and reject legitimate means
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Who has no real means of achieving?
Ritualists
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Means drop out with ...
Retreatists
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Who replaced the goals?
Rebels
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C&D occur where values are
Weak or undermined by lack of opportunity
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Give a strength of functionalism
Influenced later theories of criminality e.g. left realism
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Give a weakness of functionalism
For PM - anomie and strain theory are examples of grand narratives which have collapsed
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