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What do all consensus approaches share?

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  • believe in moral absolutism: fundamental agreement majority what is right and wrong
  • accept official statistics: crime largely w.c
  • deviants distinct from rest of us
  • poor socialisation causes criminality
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What is durkheims main arguments on crime and deviance?

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  • value consensus
  • anomie
  • reinforces collective conscience
  • boundary maintenance
  • adaption and change
  • social cohesion
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Why does Durkheim argue crime is found in all societies?

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Not everyone effectively socialised. Modern complex society leads diversity and subcultures. More individualised.

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Why does Durkheim argue crime helps with boundary maintenance?

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Unites members reinforcing commitment.

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What is a positive aspect of Durkheims theory of crime?

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Social cohesion: draws communities together in shared outrage
Adaption and change

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State a recent example of durkheims social cohesion in action?

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Terrorist attack in London police officer ran over public raised over half a million £

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What does Davis argue?

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Crime is a safety valve

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What is an example of crime being a safety valve?

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Prostitution allows men release frustrations

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Who argues crime acts as a warning device?

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Cohen

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How does crime act as a warning device?

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Warning institutions not working properly

High rates truancy = problems education

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What is Functionalist negative side of crime

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Anomie: social change and collective conscience unclear

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Evaluation of Durkheim

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  • ignores negative impact deviance
  • assumes value consensus and laws reflect majority
  • doesnt explain why some deviate and others do not
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Who came up with the strain theory?

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Merton

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What is Mertons aim?

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Explain why w.c. appear more likely to turn to crime

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What is Mertons argument for why w.c. turn to crime?

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Mismatch between goals and means in American society - anomie

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What is the American dream?

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Ideology tells citizens society meritocratic anyone makes the effort same opportunities.
Less emphasis on legitimate means, pressure to deviate.

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What are the 5 deviant adaptations by Merton?

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  • conformity: accept goals, achieve legitimately
  • innovation: accept goals, achieve illegitimately
  • ritualism: give up goals, follow legitimate rules for own sake
  • Retreatism: reject goals and legitimacy turn drink and drugs
  • rebellion: replace own desires e.g. Political activist
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Evaluation of Merton

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  • Valier: variety goals strive for
  • doesnt explain non profit crimes e.g. ‘Lad in Willis’ having a laugh
  • agnew: doesnt have to be economic strain
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What are the 2 types of subcultural theory

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  • reactive

- independent

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Who came up with reactive subcultural theory

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A.Cohen

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What is the main concept of reactive subcultural theory?

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Status frustration

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Whos work does A.Cohen expand on

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Mertons

But expands look at non economic utilitarian crime and group responses (collectivist)

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Outline status frustration

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W.c. boys initially accept mainstream norms but when they realise they wont achieve them (e.g. in school) suffer status frustration. Reject norms and replace with their own.
Gain status from peers

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Evaluation A.Cohens status frustration theory

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  • Marsh: work football hooligans supports
  • doesnt explain why some deviate and some do not
  • lads just ‘having a laugh’ Willis - Neo marx approach
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What subcultural theory do Cloward and Ohlin support

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Reactive

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What us cloward and ohlins theory based on

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Legitimate and illegitimate opportunity structures

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Who believes in legitimate and illegitimate opportunity structures as a cause of crime?

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Cloward and Ohlin

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Outline Cloward and Ohlins argument

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Just as some better achieve legitimately some better at achieving illegitimately
May be regular illegitimate career opportunities available

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What are the 3 illegitimate opportunity structures that produce 3 types subculture as suggested by Cloward and Ohlin?

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  • criminal
  • retreatist
  • conflict
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Outline criminal subculture identified Cloward and Ohlin

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thriving criminal subculture, successful role models, attracted to others same background being successful experience criminal careers e.g. Mafia

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Outline retreatist subculture identified Cloward and Ohlin

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No opportunities
Double failures
Turn drugs alcohol
Burglary and shoplifting to finance

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Outline conflict subculture identified Cloward and Ohlin

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Highly masculine territorial respect driven violence gangs
Pitt: youth inner city London difficult resist gang membership risk themselves and their family
Non affiliation too great

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Evaluation Cloward and Ohlin

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  • south: categories overlap

- wolfgang and Ferrucuti: evidence violent subcultures in urban slums

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Who looked at independent subculture theory

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Miller

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What is Millers main concern

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Focal concerns

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What does miller argue

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W.c. youth subculture developed series ‘focal concerns’ give meaning to life outside work
Include masculinity and excitement

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Evaluation of miller

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  • post modernist katz: young drawn crime as seductive - thrilling not rejection
  • PM Lyng: young enjoy taking risks engaging edgework
  • neo marx: P.Cohen resistance through ritual resistance society and breakdown communities
  • interactionist: matza and downes: suspend mainstream values but do not reject
  • ignores girls McRobbie ‘teeny bopper culture’
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What is Matzas delinquency and drift

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Everyone subterranean values but most control it. All adolescents engage delinquency casual and intermittent most give up adult life
SUSPEND NOT REJECT
Techniques neutralisation

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Evaluation matza

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  • willmotts ‘adolescent boys East London’ boys were looking for fun
  • maybe boys only expressed regret as matza interviewed them correctional institutions
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What theorist is P Cohen

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Marxist

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What is P cohens main concept

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Resistance through ritual

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Outline P cohens resistance through ritual

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Studied 70s skinheads proposed style symbolic reaction declining w.c. communities. Exaggerated w.c. masculinity and aggression, anti-immigrant stance reaction to white w.c. neighbourhoods

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Evaluation P Cohen

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  • neglects influence gender and ethnicity

- neglect globalisation

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General evaluation subcultural theories

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  • challenges psychological and biological explanations
  • influenced social policy
  • assumes all criminals distinct
  • concentrates w.c crime
  • assumes all same values and laws reflect this. Marx: if value consensus exists simply r.c. ideology

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