functionalism/strain/subcultural Flashcards
(7 cards)
Cohen
Status frustration process with w/c boys in a m/c system
Durkhiem
Positive functions of crime
Boundary maintenance
Adaptation and change
Evaluation of Durkhiem
Doesn’t suggest what is the right amount of crime
Doesn’t take into account the impact on victims - not always positive
Crime doesn’t always promote solidarity
Functionalism
Crime as a safety valve
Deviancy as a warning
Society promotes deviancy because it is so positive?
Merton
Strain theory - discrepancy between socially valued goals and the availability of the legitimate means needed to achieve them
Cloward and Ohlin
3 Subcultures:
Criminal subcultures - socialising youth into criminal networks - popular within county lines
Retreatist subcultures - people who can’t achieve status through legitimate or illegitimate means
Conflict subcultures - loosely organised gangs with little social cohesion
Adaptations to change
Conformity - middle class
Innovations - theft
Ritualism
Retreatism - drug addicts
Rebellion - hippies
