Functionalism on Positive Crime and Deviance Functions: Crime as a Warning Flashcards
In what way do Functionalists see crime as a warning?
They see it as showing an underlying issue in society
Who argued crime and deviance raises awareness for problems in society?
Clinard
What needs to be done with crime to facilitate social change?
It needs to be observed why the criminal behaviour took place
Which institution would have a problem if many students truanted?
The education system
What is encouraged if there is a problem in society?
That this problem is fixed
Who said people sometimes feel sympathy to people who had committed a crime?
Durkheim
What needs to occur if people feel sympathy for those that committed certain crimes?
Law reform
How do criminals act as a warning?
It shows that there is a problem in society
Name a recent example of a crime where people felt sympathy for the offenders
The tearing down of the Edward Colston Statue
