Durkheim, Crime and Deviance
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- Created on: 05-06-13 15:01
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- Dukheim, Crime and Deviance
- The Inevitability of Crime
- Every society has crime
- Crime is caused by
- Not being socialised properly
- diversity in modern society leading to Anomie
- Based on value consensus
- Need socialistion and socialcontrol to achieve this
- The Positive Functions of Crime
- Boundary Maintenance
- Crime creates a reaction and unites members against wrongdoers
- Punishment reaffirms shared values
- Adaptation and Change
- All change starts as deviance. As individuals need to challenge norms if not society will stagnate
- Other functions of crime
- Davis-Prostitution protects the monogamous nuclear family
- Cohen- Indicates that a institution is malfunctioning
- Boundary Maintenance
- Criticism of Durkheim
- Does not say how much crime is desirable
- Ignores negative impact on victim
- Strengthening solidarity does not explain why crime exists
- The Inevitability of Crime
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