boundary maintance

Question 1

what

Answer 1

values can disappear if people are not reminded of the boundaries between right and wrong behaviour

Question 2

how

Answer 2

crime can produce a reaction that can be positive on uniting members of society - condemning the wrongdoer

Question 3

who

Answer 3

durkheim - punishment is not to make offenders suffer but to set an example for society

Question 4

why

Answer 4

reaffirm society’s shared rules and reinforces social solidarity eg courtroom situations

Question 5

impact

Answer 5

without punishment the collective sentiment - lose power to control people’s behaviour - increase crime rate

Question 6

sociologists

Answer 6

erickson - degradation ceremonies - dramatise wrongdoing and publicly stigmatise the offender

cohen - interactionist - examined the roles of the media in this dramatisation of evil and explored how the media creates folk devils

Question 7

strength

Answer 7

explains why crime is not eliminated - there is a role to it and helps to explain why the justice system is set up the way it is today

Question 8

marxist limitations

Answer 8

crime is structured and only benefits the ruling class - Pearce - laws are created, set up and enforced only to serve the interests of the ruling class

durkheim exaggerates the degree of the consensus in modern society - underestimates the level of conflict and inequality

newburn - durkheim neglects the powerful in shaping the consensus about what a criminal is and what normal practices are