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functionalist responses to crime and deviance

Annaleise Sansum 8 questions 4.0 (1 rating)

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  1. 1Who was the founding father of Functionalism?
    1. AMerton
    2. BDurkhiem
    3. CMarx
  2. 2Describe functionalism social change
    1. AIt's evolutionary and happens when social institutions naturally change with society
    2. BThere is a radical revolutionary change
    3. CFunctionalism stops social change
  3. 3What does Merton's theory focus on?
    1. ASubcultural values and why they cause crime
    2. Blooking at focal concerns and what makes the w/c commit more crimes
    3. CStrain theory
  4. 4Which of these sociologists are part of the functionalist subcultural theory?
    1. ACohen
    2. BHall
    3. CWeber
  5. 5How many functions of crime did Durkheim discover?
    1. A3
    2. B2
    3. C4
  6. 6What are Durkheim's functions of crime?
    1. Asocial change, reinforcing norms and values, a safety valve, to flag up problems in society
    2. Bto let off steam, to help capitalism
    3. Cto flag up problems in society
  7. 7Matza evaluated [blank_start]functional subcultural[blank_end] theory and came up with the main concepts of [blank_start]subterranean values,[blank_end] drift and techniques of [blank_start]neutralisation.[blank_end] He argued that people that commit crimes are still a part of society because people just [blank_start]drift[blank_end] in and out of deviance, so when people are younger they may be more deviant than when they're older. Matza argued that we all are deviant and it's called our subterranean values that go off at the wrong time in the wrong place that make us commit crime. However, he says that people commit crime and then use techniques of neutralisation to [blank_start]justify their actions.[blank_end]
    1. Afunctional subcultural
    2. BFunctionalism
    3. CMarxism
    4. Dmoral panic
    5. Esubterranean values
    6. Ffocal concerns
    7. Gneutralisation
    8. Hadjustment
    9. Ijustification
    10. Jfloat
    11. Kslip
    12. Ldrift
    13. Mjustify their actions
    14. Nget away with the crime
    15. Oto make themselves feel better
  8. 8Miller looked at [blank_start]focal concerns[blank_end], as he argued that the [blank_start]working class[blank_end] commit more crime. He argued that in society there is not a [blank_start]value consensus[blank_end] because each class has their own set of values. The classes create their own focal concerns to fit the need of their class; w/c focal concerns
    [blank_start]Smartness:[blank_end] Looking good/ appearance
    [blank_start]Toughness[blank_end]: Showing masculinity
    [blank_start]Excitement:[blank_end] Dangerous activities
    1. Afocal concerns
    2. Bstatus fustration
    3. Cmiddle class
    4. Dworking class
    5. Ecollective consciouness
    6. Fvalue consensus
    7. GSmartness
    8. HPresentation
    9. IToughness
    10. Jmasculinity
    11. KExcitement:
    12. LDanger levels

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A-Level sociology (crime and deviance ) Quiz on functionalist responses to crime and deviance , created by Annaleise Sansum on 13/03/2016.
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