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| How can crime be beneficial to society, according to Functionalists? | It reaffirms social boundaries, acts as a catalyst for social change and can bring people together. |
| What is the Marxist view on crime and deviance? | The ruling class oppress and brainwash the proletariat into believing that they are the problem through the media, politicians and education; the working class its demonised; laws are created and enforced the the ruling class; they avoid punishment for white collar crime. |
| What is formal social control? | Practised by specific social agencies which aim to maintain law and order in communities. |
| What are examples of formal social control? | Prison, police and probation officers. |
| What is informal social control? | Less forced and mostly encouraged through social interaction. |
| What are examples of informal social control? | Family, education and the media. |
| What changes in social control does Cohen suggest have occurred? | Penetration Size and density Identity and visibility |
| Why is Foucault's perspective on social control different from any other sociologist's? | He uses 'discipline' as his explanations for the changing nature of control combines both formal and informal social control. |
| What do Marxists say about informal social control? | The emphasise the way the education system and mass media set out to impose values which benefit capitalism, but harm the working class. |
| What do Farrington & West think about working class families? | Offenders are more likely to come from homes with poor parenting, especially when fathers have committed crimes. They are also more likely to come from single-parent households. |
| What do Functionalists think about formal social control? | They see the criminal justice system as looking after the 'interests of society as a whole without control and punishment, society would collapse into a state of anomie'. |
| What are Hirshi's theory on social bonds? | Attachment - to what extent do we care about other people's opinions? Commitment - what is there to lose? Involvement - is there time and space for breaking the law and deviance? Belief - how strong is a person's sense that they should obey rules of society? |
| What is Durkheim's opinion on the collective conscience? | He believed that societies could only exist if the members shared certain common core values. |
| What did Matthews and Young say about the community? | The decline of the community controls and the resulting increase in crime and antisocial behaviour was harmful to the working class. |
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