Key Titles

Question 1

What are the 2 reasons for why do people commit crimes (functionalism)

Answer 1

1) not everyone is effectively socialised
2) diversity of lifestyles

Question 2

What are the 4 reasons for why is crime good for society?

Answer 2

1) boundary maintenance
2) adaptation and change
3) safety valve
4) warning light

Question 3

What are the 1 reasons why does crime and deviance happen?

Answer 3

1) The American dream

Question 4

What are the 2 reasons for why does crime and deviance happen (Strain Theory)

Answer 4

1) Cohen
2) Cloward + Ohlin

Question 5

What are 4 reasons Marxists say for why does crime and deviance happen?

Answer 5

1) criminogenic capitalism
2) the state and law making
3) selective enforcement
4) ideological functions of crime and law

Question 6

What are the 2 reasons for why do women appear to commit less crime?

Answer 6

1) for chivalry thesis
2) against chivalry thesis

Question 7

What are the 4 reasons for why do women commit less crime than men?

Answer 7

1) functionalist sex role theory - parsons
2) heidensohn - patriarchal control
3) carlen- class and gender deals
4) the liberation thesis

Question 8

What are 3 reasons for why do men commit crime?

Answer 8

1) Messerschmidt
2) Winlow
3) bodily capital

Question 9

What are the 3 reasons for why do EMs appear to commit more crime?

Answer 9

1) real ethnic differences in offending
2) ethnic differences are socially constructed
- Gilroy
- Hail Et Al
3) more recent approaches

Question 10

What are the 3 explanations Left Realists say about why does crime/deviance happen?

Answer 10

1) relative deprivation
2) subcultures
3) marginalisation

Question 11

What are 2 solutions that Left Realists say?

Answer 11

1) reducing inequality
2) democratic policing

Question 12

What are the 5 patterns of crime?

Answer 12

1) Strain theory (Merton)
2) Marxism (Chambliss)
3) Labelling Theory (Becker)
4) Right realists
5) Left Realists