crime key sociologists Flashcards
(41 cards)
Who argues that crime is inevitable and there are positive functions of crime
Durkheim
Who a-some about strain theory as a cause of crime
Merton
Who spoke about the bonds of attachment theory as a cause of crime
Hirischi
Who argues that working class subcultures experience status frustration and that this leads to crime
Cohen
Who spoke about the illegitimate opportunity structure and the three types of subcultures
Cloward and Ohlin
Who said the underclass was an explanation for crime
Murray
Who argues that crime is the product of social interactions and that crime is socially constructed
Becker
Who spoke about why working class were mostly criminals do to the two stages of being charged
Cicourel
Who spoke about primary and secondary deviance
Lemert
Who spoke about labelling as a cause of deviant behaviour
Becker
Who argued that the cost of corporate crime outweighs the cost of street crime
Snider
who spoke about a dog eat dog society
Gordon
Who says the super wealthy segregate themselves from the wealthy
Bauman
Who said that economic crime represents rational responses to competitiveness and inequality of life in a capitalist society
Chambliss
Who argues that the police focus on working class areas and focusses on prosecuting the working class
Gordon
Who argued that capitalist states are reluctant to pass laws which regulate large capitalist concerns such as pollution
Snider
Who argues that crime is a reaction to the mundane and that crime is seductive
Katz and Lyng
Who coined the term edge work in terms of crime
Lyng
Who speaks about synoptic surveillance
Mathiesen
Who argues society has shifted from sovereign power to disciplinary power
Foucault
Who speaks about late modernity an suffering relative deprivation
Jock Young
Who argues about realistic conflict theory as a cause of crime
Wilson
Who argues about routine activities theory in committing crime
Cohen
Who speaks about broken windows theory as a cause of crime
Wilson and kelling
