• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/11

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

11 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Why crime is good
Functionally necessary - reinforces ideas about right and wrong. Provides work.
Durkheim (1893)
'Crime is normal...an integral part of all healthy societies.'
Merton (1969) strain theory
Conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion. Strain between achieving American dream and means to do so.
Matza (1964)
Subterranean values - accept mainstream values on surface. Techniques of neutralisation - excuses. How people explain 'untypical behaviour'
Collective conscience
Basis of society - shared values. Provides framework with boundaries. Boundaries can be unclear and change over time
Collective conscience
Basis of society - shared values. Provides framework with boundaries. Boundaries can be unclear and change over time
3 positive elements of crime
Reaffirming boundaries, changing values, social cohesion
Negative aspects of crime
Anomie. In periods of great social change or stress, collective conscience may be weakened.
Negative aspects of crime
Anomie. In periods of great social change or stress, collective conscience may be weakened.
Criticism of anomie
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
Social control
Crime occurs when social control ineffective