Lecture 5

Question 1

Title of Durkheim’s Dissertation

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The Division of Labour in Society

Question 2

In Mechanical societies, members…

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Observe same functions and daily routines

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Collective Conscience

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The range or degree that individuals in a society think alike

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Mechanical societies have a ___________ collective conscience while organic societies have a __________ collective conscience

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strong, weak

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In organic societies… there is:

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dependence on others and a specified distribution of labour

Question 6

Durkheim’s Assumptions:

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Crime is normal and neccessary

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According to Durkheim, crime is functional as

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it defines moral boundaries and identifies rule breakers

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If there is no law violaters then society would…

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Change the law to create violators

Question 9

According to Durkheim, humans are

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Greedy and do not have the internal mechanism to tell them when they are satisfied.

Question 10

Society is a mechanism for____

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Limiting insaitability through the creation of law and setting limits

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Durkheim refers to a state of anomie as

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“normlessness”

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According to Durkheim, no matter what ________ will have a negative effect

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rapid change

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4 Types of Suicide

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Egoistic, altruistic, anomic, fatalistic

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Egoistic is the result of

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low integration

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Altruistic is the result of

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high integration

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Anomic is the result of

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Low regulation

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Fatalistic is the result of

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High regulation

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Durkheim’s work as strong theoretical ties to

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Social disorganization theory and merton’s theory of anomie

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Strain theories emphasize

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frustration as a causal factor in crime

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Merton’s theories are the

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Most cited

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Merton believed anomie is the

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disequilibrium of the goals of a society and the means to achieve those goals

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Durkheim believed anomie was the result of

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rapid social change

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Anomie is a

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negative state

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5 Adaptations to strain

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Conformity, ritualism, innovation, retreatism and rebellion

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Which 2 adaptations are low risk

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Conformity and ritualism

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Cohen’s Theory of Lower Class Status and Gang Formation

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Lower class young males are in a disadvantage at school: boys are unable to live up to the middle class measuring rod (values, etc) so they begin to get frustrated

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According to Cohen, boys started to

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Change their values and reject the system that was placed on them

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Corner boy….

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passively accepts their place

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Delinqent boy is similar to

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Rebellion

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College boy…

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Conforms

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Corner boy has a chance to

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change to retreatism

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Theory of Differential Opportunity

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Holds assumption youth want american dream

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Types of Gangs

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Criminal, conflict, retreatist

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Primary activity of conflict gangs is

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Violence

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Criminal gangs mostly deal with

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Property and economic crimes