Sociology Crime and Deviance - Functionalism and Subculturalism

Descriptions and evalations of Functionalism and Subculturalism

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  • Created on: 04-06-10 11:19
Albert Cohen agreed with Durkehim and stated that:
Crime could act as a safety valve and warning device
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Merton argued that:
Crime arose as a means to achieving an ends and coping with social strains to achieve these ends
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Albert Cohen saw crime as:
A result of status frustration
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Marxists in particular would criticise Functionalism for:
Ignoring the role of power in the social structure
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Cloward and Ohlin's deviant subcultures are:
Conflict, Retreatist and Criminal
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Bordua criticised Miller for:
Viewing the lower working class as separate from the rest of society
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Merton argued that:

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Crime arose as a means to achieving an ends and coping with social strains to achieve these ends

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Albert Cohen saw crime as:

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Marxists in particular would criticise Functionalism for:

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Cloward and Ohlin's deviant subcultures are:

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