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Durkheim

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Crime is normal… an integral part of healthy societies

2
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Two reasons why crime and deviance is found in all societies

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  • Not everyone is equally, effectively socialised

* In complex societies, there is a diversity of lifestyles and values

3
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Anomie

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The rules governing behaviour becomes weaker

4
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Boundary maintenance

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Crimes produces a reaction from society, uniting its members

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Cohen: function of deviance

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An indication that an institution is not functioning properly

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Erikson: deviance is positive?

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If deviance performs positive social functions then society is made to promote society
- police there to sustain levels of crime rather than get rid of it

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Criticism of Durkheim

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  • specific amount of deviance needed is not given
  • focuses on how crime affects society as a whole
  • crime doesn’t always promote solidarity
8
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Structural factors

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Society’s unequal opportunity structure

9
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Cultural factors

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Strong emphasis on success, weaker emphasis on legitimate ways to achieve it

10
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Conformity

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Individuals accept the culturally approved goals and drive to achieve them legitimately

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Innovation

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Individuals accept the goal of money success but use illegitimate means to achieve it

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Retreatism

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Individuals reject both the goals and the legitimate means and become dropouts

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Rebellion

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Reject the existing society’s goals and means and replace them with new ones - bring about change

14
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Evaluation of Merton

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= takes crime statistics at face value
- over represent working class crime
= assumes there is value consensus
= ignores thee role of group deviance such as delinquent subcultures