Theories Of Crime

Question 1

Functionalism - P1

Answer 1

Durkheim
- some crime is good, it’s inevitable, not everyone is effectively into shared culture, prone to deviance
- diversity of lifestyle, diff subcultures make own values, tend anomie, social diversity
- weakens shared culture and collective conscience, increase crime and suicide

Question 2

Functionalism - P2

Answer 2

Merton
- result of strain between cultural and structural goals, achieving legitimately or illegitimately
- ideology of the American dream, assume meritocratic, disadvantaged can’t legitimately
- strain to anomie, American culture pressure on winning the game than the rules
- adapt to strain differently, innovation, accept goals, achieve illegitimately, typical ppl who lack opportunities

Question 3

Functionalism - P3

Answer 3

Cohen
- WC face anomie in the MC edu system, culturally deprived, bottom status hierarchy, status frustration, reject MC values, form subculture
- offer illegitimate opportunity structure for boys, gives alternative status hierarchy, win status from committing crime
- Willis, 12 WC boys

Question 4

Functionalism - P4

Answer 4

Cloward and Ohlin
- WC youth denied opportunities so respond with deviance, resort violence or drugs
- criminal - hierarchy of career criminal, mafia
- conflict - violence status from winning turf
- retreatist - fail at legitimate and illegitimate opportunities, hippies turn to drug use

Question 5

Marxism - P1