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Functionalism and crime A Level Summary
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Functionalism and crime A Level Summary
Durkheim
"crime is normal, an integral part of society"
causes are diversity, anomie, and how not everyone is effectively socialised
functions are crime include boundary maintenance
Merton's Strain Theory
The American Dream strives us to achieve
middle class = work to achieve goal, working class have blocked opportunities and innovate in order to achieve
Adaptions to strain: conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, rebellion
A. Cohen
Status frustration
Cloward and Ohlin
subcultures
criminal: provides utilitarian crime, in areas of longstanding criminal activity
conflict: areas of high population turnover and high levels of social disorganisation, gangs
retreatist: in any area, can't always turn to organised crime, turn to crimes like drugs
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