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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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functionalist responses to crime and deviance

Question 1 of 8

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Who was the founding father of Functionalism?

Select one of the following:

  • Merton

  • Durkhiem

  • Marx

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Question 2 of 8

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Describe functionalism social change

Select one of the following:

  • It's evolutionary and happens when social institutions naturally change with society

  • There is a radical revolutionary change

  • Functionalism stops social change

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Question 3 of 8

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What does Merton's theory focus on?

Select one of the following:

  • Subcultural values and why they cause crime

  • looking at focal concerns and what makes the w/c commit more crimes

  • Strain theory

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Question 4 of 8

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Which of these sociologists are part of the functionalist subcultural theory?

Select one of the following:

  • Cohen

  • Hall

  • Weber

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Question 5 of 8

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How many functions of crime did Durkheim discover?

Select one of the following:

  • 3

  • 2

  • 4

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Question 6 of 8

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What are Durkheim's functions of crime?

Select one of the following:

  • social change, reinforcing norms and values, a safety valve, to flag up problems in society

  • to let off steam, to help capitalism

  • to flag up problems in society

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Question 7 of 8

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Matza evaluated ( functional subcultural, Functionalism, Marxism ) theory and came up with the main concepts of ( moral panic, subterranean values, focal concerns ) drift and techniques of ( neutralisation, adjustment, justification ) He argued that people that commit crimes are still a part of society because people just ( float, slip, drift ) 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 ( justify their actions, get away with the crime, to make themselves feel better )

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Question 8 of 8

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Miller looked at , as he argued that the commit more crime. He argued that in society there is not a 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
Looking good/ appearance
: Showing masculinity
Dangerous activities

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    focal concerns
    status fustration
    middle class
    working class
    collective consciouness
    value consensus
    Smartness
    Presentation
    Toughness
    masculinity
    Excitement:
    Danger levels

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