crime key sociologists Flashcards
Who argues that crime is inevitable and there are positive functions of crime
Durkheim
Who a-some about strain theory as a cause of crime
Merton
Who spoke about the bonds of attachment theory as a cause of crime
Hirischi
Who argues that working class subcultures experience status frustration and that this leads to crime
Cohen
Who spoke about the illegitimate opportunity structure and the three types of subcultures
Cloward and Ohlin
Who said the underclass was an explanation for crime
Murray
Who argues that crime is the product of social interactions and that crime is socially constructed
Becker
Who spoke about why working class were mostly criminals do to the two stages of being charged
Cicourel
Who spoke about primary and secondary deviance
Lemert
Who spoke about labelling as a cause of deviant behaviour
Becker
Who argued that the cost of corporate crime outweighs the cost of street crime
Snider
who spoke about a dog eat dog society
Gordon
Who says the super wealthy segregate themselves from the wealthy
Bauman
Who said that economic crime represents rational responses to competitiveness and inequality of life in a capitalist society
Chambliss
Who argues that the police focus on working class areas and focusses on prosecuting the working class
Gordon
Who argued that capitalist states are reluctant to pass laws which regulate large capitalist concerns such as pollution
Snider
Who argues that crime is a reaction to the mundane and that crime is seductive
Katz and Lyng
Who coined the term edge work in terms of crime
Lyng
Who speaks about synoptic surveillance
Mathiesen
Who argues society has shifted from sovereign power to disciplinary power
Foucault
Who speaks about late modernity an suffering relative deprivation
Jock Young
Who argues about realistic conflict theory as a cause of crime
Wilson
Who argues about routine activities theory in committing crime
Cohen
Who speaks about broken windows theory as a cause of crime
Wilson and kelling
Who argues that the underclass are a cause of crime
Murray
Who argues that relative deprivation is a cause of crime
Lea and young
Who argued that the public are more worried about crime than ever and prisons are simply used to convince the public that they are taking a tough approach on crime
Garland
Who coined the term total institutions
Goffman
who argued that women are more skilled at deciding than men as they are able to hide menstruation meaning they can hide their crimes
Pollack
who argues that women are the victims of a sexist criminal justice system
Smart
Who argues that increased economic opportunity for women have lead to higher female crime rates
Alder
Who argues that asian families tend to be more stable
Webster
Who speaks about policing the crisis
Stuart hall
Who argues that there is a political response to racism
Gilroy
Who argues that crime is more newsworthy if it involved sex, celebrities or children
Jewkes
Who argues that new technologies cause more manufactured green crime such as nuclear crime and genetic engineering
Beck
Who says that the global crime economy is worth over one trillion per year
Castells
Who argues that organised criminal gangs are important in tackling the trade in illegal goods and services
Glenny
Who argues economic globalisation has lead to more crimes being committed by elite such as tax evasion and fraud
Taylor
Who spoke about state crime
Mcloughlin
Who argues that in unstable countries, corruption and gaining wealth is a rational response to gaining political power
Collier
