Sociology Crime Theories Overview Flashcards
Durkheim (functionalism)
Four functions of crime, society of saints, collective conscience
Merton (functionalism)
Strain theory, modes of adaption
Cloward & Ohlin (subcultural)
Blocked opportunities
Miller (subcultural)
Focal concerns
Cohen (subcultural)
Status frustration, non-utilitarian, short-term hedonism
Katz (cultural criminology)
Selfish motivations for crime, why are people drawn to crime
Lyng (cultural criminology)
Edgework, boundaries, seductions of crime
Young (cultural criminology)
Bulimic society, intensity of exclusion
Katz and Jackson-Jacobs (cultural criminology)
Gangs are glorified, language shows respect
Becker (interactionism)
Self fulfilling prophecy, deviant career, deviant identity
Lemert (interactionism)
Types of deviance, expression of self-concept
Young (interactionism)
Deviancy amplification, drug taking youth
Cicourel (interactionism)
Public concern, police labelling
Althusser (Marxism)
Repressive state apparatus, ideological status
Box (Marxism)
Avoidable killings, poor commit legal murder
Bonger (Marxism)
Link between economic conditions are crime
Chambliss (Marxism)
Capitalism creates desire to consume
CCCS, Taylor, Watson & Young (neo-Marxism)
Full social theory of deviance
Gilroy
Ethnic minorities turn to crime as defence
Chambliss (neo-Marxism)
Saints and Roughnecks, labelling boys through social class
Hall (neo-Marxism)
Policing the crisis, reaction to crime and social economic conditions
Young & Matthews (left-realism)
Square of crime (state/formal, public/informal), public influences how police work
Young (left-realism)
Exclusive leads to breakdown of communities
Wilson (right-realism)
Short term goals