Functionalist view of crime Flashcards
(19 cards)
who comes up with safety valve ?
Davis
what does davis say ? in safety valve ?
crime releases men’s sexual frustrations
E.G prostitution
not threaten monogamous family.
Polsky: pornography channels desires away from adultery
who comes up with the warning light ?
cohen
what does cohen say in his warning light ?
deviance indicates society malfunctioning.
- change is needed. EG riots due to racism. causes change in law
A03 RAD Fem for davis:
men’s crime through prostitution is patriarchal , women have to be monogamous
A03: warning light MARXISM
laws do not always reflect everyone’s wishes : state and law making chambliss
what is boundary maintenance ?
crime reinforces commitment to shared norms and values
E.G after 2011 London riots . people recognise it is wrong.
come together to clean up
A03 : boundary maintenance
rejects impact on individuals - e.g attacks like on george floyd, not positive for him
who comes up with adaptation and change ?
Durkheim
adaptation and change :
all change starts with deviance ,
should be scope for people to challenge norms and values to bring change .
society has to adapt : E.G suffragettes brought equal pay act
who comes up with strain theory ?
Merton
what is strain theory ?
strain between cultural and structural goals causes anomie - e.g american dream ideology says meritocracy exists
what are the 5 responses to strain according to merton ?
conformity -right goals and right means - middle and upper class legit
innovation - right goals wrong means - corporate crime
ritualism - wrong goals right means - working class
retreatists - neither right , dropouts
rebellion - neither right, anarchists
A03: for merton
ignores “crime of suites” , and only focuses on utilitarian crime
who comes up with subcultural theory ?
Cohen
why does crime/ deviance happen?
cultural deprivation , people at bottom of official status hierarchy.
status frustration.
subculture with Illegitimate opportunity structure.
with alternative status hierarchy e.g best vandalist
What does cloward and Ohlin say ?
they agree WC youth denied of opportunity. identify three subcultures as response to this. not everyone turns to innovation .
what are cloward and ohlins three subcultures ?
criminal - professional crime e.g mafia
utilitarian crime ; hierarchy and ladder
conflict - gangs
high population turnover - win “turf”
retreatist: dropouts - double failures
who criticises cloward and oin and how ?
Matza- delinquents are not strongly committed to subculture - drift in and out of delinquency
