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11 Cards in this Set
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Why crime is good
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Functionally necessary - reinforces ideas about right and wrong. Provides work.
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Durkheim (1893)
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'Crime is normal...an integral part of all healthy societies.'
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Merton (1969) strain theory
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Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion. Strain between achieving American dream and means to do so.
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Matza (1964)
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Subterranean values - accept mainstream values on surface. Techniques of neutralisation - excuses. How people explain 'untypical behaviour'
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Collective conscience
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Basis of society - shared values. Provides framework with boundaries. Boundaries can be unclear and change over time
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Collective conscience
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Basis of society - shared values. Provides framework with boundaries. Boundaries can be unclear and change over time
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3 positive elements of crime
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Reaffirming boundaries, changing values, social cohesion
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Negative aspects of crime
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Anomie. In periods of great social change or stress, collective conscience may be weakened.
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Negative aspects of crime
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Anomie. In periods of great social change or stress, collective conscience may be weakened.
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Criticism of anomie
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Merton (1938) durkheim's original idea too vague. Anomie is situation where socially approved goals of society not available to some groups, which is when they turn to c+d
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Social control
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Crime occurs when social control ineffective
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