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Sociology Crime Theories Overview Flashcards

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Durkheim (functionalism)

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Four functions of crime, society of saints, collective conscience

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Merton (functionalism)

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Strain theory, modes of adaption

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Cloward & Ohlin (subcultural)

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Blocked opportunities

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Miller (subcultural)

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Focal concerns

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Cohen (subcultural)

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Status frustration, non-utilitarian, short-term hedonism

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Katz (cultural criminology)

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Selfish motivations for crime, why are people drawn to crime

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Lyng (cultural criminology)

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Edgework, boundaries, seductions of crime

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Young (cultural criminology)

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Bulimic society, intensity of exclusion

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Katz and Jackson-Jacobs (cultural criminology)

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Gangs are glorified, language shows respect

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Becker (interactionism)

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Self fulfilling prophecy, deviant career, deviant identity

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Lemert (interactionism)

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Types of deviance, expression of self-concept

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Young (interactionism)

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Deviancy amplification, drug taking youth

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Cicourel (interactionism)

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Public concern, police labelling

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Althusser (Marxism)

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Repressive state apparatus, ideological status

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Box (Marxism)

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Avoidable killings, poor commit legal murder

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Bonger (Marxism)

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Link between economic conditions are crime

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Chambliss (Marxism)

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Capitalism creates desire to consume

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CCCS, Taylor, Watson & Young (neo-Marxism)

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Full social theory of deviance

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Gilroy

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Ethnic minorities turn to crime as defence

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Chambliss (neo-Marxism)

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Saints and Roughnecks, labelling boys through social class

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Hall (neo-Marxism)

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Policing the crisis, reaction to crime and social economic conditions

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Young & Matthews (left-realism)

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Square of crime (state/formal, public/informal), public influences how police work

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Young (left-realism)

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Exclusive leads to breakdown of communities

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Wilson (right-realism)

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Short term goals

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Wilson and Kelling (right-realism)

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Broken windows, places become criminal as people move out

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Wilson and Herrnstein

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Biological element to crime

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