Studies Flashcards

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Durkheim

A

Crime can be functional or dysfunctional

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2
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Merton

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Strain theory

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3
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AK Cohen

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Status frustration

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4
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Cloward and Ohlin

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Illegitimate opportunity structures

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5
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Chambliss

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1975

Laws protecting private property are the cornerstone of capitalism

Ruling class dominate law-making systems

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6
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Snider

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1993

Capitalist state won’t pass laws regulating business

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7
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New Criminology

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Taylor et al

1973

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8
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Crime is a rational response to capitalism

Selective law enforcement sweeps over MC offences

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Gordon

1976

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9
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Labelling deviance amplifies it

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Becker

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10
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Unlabelled primary deviance has few consequences

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Lemert

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11
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Agents of social control produce delinquents through two stages involving subjective and biased judgement

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Cicourel

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12
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Greater investment into particular areas where crime is high is needed

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Jones

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13
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Media creates a moral panic about delinquency

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S Cohen

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14
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Disintegrative and reintegrative shaming

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Braithwaite

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15
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The welfare system allows the underclass to continue rejecting norms and values

Criminal activity should be more expensive

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Murray

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16
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Routine activity: motivated offender, suitable target, lack of capable guardian

17
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Broken window theory

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Wilson and Kelling

18
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Crime is a rational choice - gains outweigh chance of getting caught

19
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Some groups (e.g. black youth) offend more because of systematic inequality

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Lea and Young

20
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Police system is flawed

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Kinsey, Lea and Young

21
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Edgework (the thrill of crime)

22
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Different crimes are under/over-policed

Crime is rooted in social inequality

23
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High rates of robbery by black people -> more racial profiling -> SFP ->

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Bowling and Phillips

2002

24
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Myth of black criminality

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Gilroy

1982

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Crime statistics do not reflect reality
Hall 1979
26
Men’s duty of protection towards women stops them from arresting or prosecuting them
Pollack 1950
27
Criminal sociology is ‘malestream’ Women are socialised away from crime
Heidesohn
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Female offenders reject ‘gender deal’ - being outside of social control = more likely to offend
Carlen
29
Sutherland
1939 Differential association theory Criminal behaviour is learned from family/friends/associates
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Foucault
1970s Criminal and sexual deviance & perception of madness have changed through time Women wearing trousers was deviant 100 years ago