functionalist - crime can act as a warning function

Question 1

sociologist

Answer 1

cohen

Question 2

function of deviance

Answer 2

to signal there is a breakdown in norms and values or malfunctioning of an institution

has positive functions - can lead to a restoration of the norms and values

Question 3

if breakdown in norms and values

Answer 3

increase in crime - anomie - warns agents of social control that they need to intervene

Question 4

institution

Answer 4

increase in deviance - eg high truancy - warning there are problems in the system - policy makers need to make changed to restore balance

Question 5

a03

Answer 5

the warning function that crime may perform is not an intentional function of the criminal or the act itself