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Deviance and control theories
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- 1How 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.
- 2What 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.
- 3What is formal social control?Practised by specific social agencies which aim to maintain law and order in communities.
- 4What are examples of formal social control?Prison, police and probation officers.
- 5What is informal social control?Less forced and mostly encouraged through social interaction.
- 6What are examples of informal social control?Family, education and the media.
- 7What changes in social control does Cohen suggest have occurred?Penetration
Size and density
Identity and visibility - 8Why 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.
- 9What 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.
- 10What 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.
- 11What 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'.
- 12What 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? - 13What is Durkheim's opinion on the collective conscience?He believed that societies could only exist if the members shared certain common core values.
- 14What 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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