crime can act as a social function

Question 1

what

Answer 1

erikson - crime can perform positive social functino

Question 2

how

Answer 2

agents of social control such as police keep a certain level of crime rather than getting rid of it - society actively promotes deviance to bring about this end

functionalist - young are given leeway to be deviant - they are learning to deal with strains from the transition from childhood and adulthood

Question 3

who

Answer 3

durkheim - this is for its own well-being - excessive amount of crime reflect a breakdown in the collective sentiments that bound people together

Question 4

why

Answer 4

some societies regulate deviance rather than get rid of it

eg festivals and sports - in other contexts would be punished

Question 5

limitation

Answer 5

downs and rock - it is one thing to claim that crime can be used to further some sort of societal goal after it has already occurred, such as to increase social cohesion by rallying against the criminal — to describe crime as something society actively encourages in order to achieve that goal is a very different step