C&D: Functionalist Crime Flashcards
ao1s
boundary maintenance
safety valve
strain
status frustration
subcultures
ao2s
Manchester Terrorist attack
Kingsley Davis - prostitution study
gang crime
innovators
criminal apprenticeships - utilitarian crime
ao3s
why crime enforces social solidarity
GAIL can be achieved bc of latent protection
explains util crime
explains non-util crime
more than 2 streamlined groups
aoEs
victims?
why crime occurs
non-util crime?
streamlined / deterministic
too deterministic still, Matza argues drift theory
how is crime related to boundary maintenance?
society moves against criminal, boundaries of acceptable behaviour reinforced
shown in media to reach widespread reminder that crime = bad
how is the Manchester terrorist attack an example of boundary maintenance?
one love Manchester,
bee tattoos,
public balloon releases/ benches
what was Kingsley Davis’ study?
he believed that in order to achieve latency as in the functional pre-requisites, a man should have sex with a prostitute as it is less personal than an affair and therefore can’t damage the family sphere
what is the function of safety valve?
social pressures will otherwise build up and lead to a more fragmented society, so minor infractions are beneficial to social solidarity
what is strain theory?
where there isa strain between society’s goals (money, success, etc.) and the means to achieve them
what are innovators?
typically wc
accepts society’s values, but lacks ability to achieve
what was Cohen’s theory?
there is an official status hierarchy, so if people cannot achieve here, they will turn to the ash.
provides a sense of belonging, eg drug dealing
what are the three subcultures described by Cloward and Ohlin?
criminal, conflict, and retreatism
what is drift theory?
we constantly drift in and out of being criminal
