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Functionalist perspective on crime and deviance - SUMMARY
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1The Functionalist perspective of crime and deviance is:
- AFunctionalists believe that crime is functional and necessary for society as it helps caution society about the costs vs benefits of committing crime; it also helps caution society to refrain from being victimised.
- BFunctionalists believe that crime is not necessary for society to work effectively - it doesn't caution people about the costs vs benefits of committing crime - it encourages people to be victimised, as a victim of crime.
2Who developed the term 'anomie'?
- AMiller
- BMerton
- CDurkheim
3Define 'anomie'?
- AWhere people find themselves committing crime.
- BSocial instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values - Normlessness.
4Durkheim's theory was:
- ACrime is inevitable therefore it is necessary for society to function effectively otherwise, it will lead to a state of 'anomie'.
- BThe strain theory explains the relationship between shared goals, means and values within society.
- CThe five 'bonds of attachment' explain why people do not commit crime.
- D'Focal concerns' = men obsess themselves with hegemony and aggression which leads them to commit crime.
5Merton's theory was:
- ACrime is inevitable therefore it is necessary for society to function effectively otherwise, it will lead to a state of 'anomie'.
- BThe strain theory explains the relationship between shared goals, means and values within society.
- CThe five 'bonds of attachment' explain why people do not commit crime.
- D'Focal concerns' = men obsess themselves with hegemony and aggression which leads them to commit crime.
6Hirschi's theory was:
- ACrime is inevitable therefore it is necessary for society to function effectively otherwise, it will lead to a state of anomie.The strain theory explains the relationship between shared goals, means and values within society.
- BThe strain theory explains the relationship between shared goals, means and values within society.
- CThe five 'bonds of attachment' explain why people do not commit crime.
- D'Focal concerns' = men obsess themselves with hegemony and aggression which leads them to commit crime.
7Miller's theory was:
- ACrime is inevitable therefore it is necessary for society to function effectively otherwise, it will lead to a state of anomie.
- BThe strain theory explains the relationship between shared goals, means and values within society.
- CThe five 'bonds of attachment' explain why people do not commit crime.
- D'Focal concerns' = men obsess themselves with hegemony and aggression which leads them to commit crime.
8Which is the Marxist critique of the functionalist view on crime?
- AIn terms of rape, it is good as it cautions females about not wearing short, revealing clothes whilst walking alone in a dark alleyway late at night BUT...it is not a good experience for females.
- BFunctionalism does not explain 'what' causes people to commit crime and 'why'.
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- Created on 27 Sep 2016 · updated on 9 Nov 2016
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