Crime and Deviance

Question 1

durkheim

Answer 1

crime is functional or dysfunctional

Question 2

merton

Answer 2

strain theory

Question 3

ak cohen

Answer 3

status frustration

Question 4

cloward and ohlin

Answer 4

illegitimate opportunity structure

Question 5

marx

Answer 5

society is the economic base which controls the super structure

Question 6

chamberliss

Answer 6

laws to protect private property are the cornerstone of the capitalist economy

Question 7

snider

Answer 7

the capitalist state doesnt want to pass laws to regulate activities as this can threaten the profitability

Question 8

taylor

Answer 8

rise of the underclass due to growth of a rejectionist subculture

Question 9

gordon

Answer 9

crime is a rational response to the capitalist society

Question 10

becker

Answer 10

labelling something as deviant amplifies it

Question 11

lemert

Answer 11

unlabelled primary deviance has few consequences

Question 12

cicourel

Answer 12

agents of social control produce delinquents through subjective and bias judgement

Question 13

jones

Answer 13

greater investment into particular areas where crime is the highest

Question 14

s cohen

Answer 14

media creating a moral panic about delinquency

Question 15

braithwaite

Answer 15

disintegration and reintegration shaming

Question 16

murray

Answer 16

welfare system allows for the wc to continue rejecting values and norms

Question 17

felson

Answer 17

routine activity, motivated offender, suitable target

Question 18

wilson and kelling

Answer 18

broken window theory

Question 19

wilson

Answer 19

crime is a rational choice- gains outweigh getting caught

Question 20

lea and young

Answer 20

some groups offend more due to systematic inequality

Question 21

kingsley, lea and young

Answer 21

police system is flawed

Question 22

lyng

Answer 22

edgework

Question 23

young

Answer 23

different crimes are over/under policed crime is rooted in social inequality

Question 24

bowling and phillips

Answer 24

high rates of robbery by black people = more racial profiling

Question 25

gilroy

Answer 25

myth of black criminality

Question 26

hall

Answer 26

crime statistics dont reflect reality

Question 27

pollack

Answer 27

mens duty to protect women= stops them from arresting and prosecuting

Question 28

heidesohn

Answer 28

criminal sociology is malestream. women socialised away from crime

Question 29

carlen

Answer 29

female offenders reject gender deal being outside of social control= more likely to offend