Studies Flashcards
Durkheim
Crime can be functional or dysfunctional
Merton
Strain theory
AK Cohen
Status frustration
Cloward and Ohlin
Illegitimate opportunity structures
Chambliss
1975
Laws protecting private property are the cornerstone of capitalism
Ruling class dominate law-making systems
Snider
1993
Capitalist state won’t pass laws regulating business
New Criminology
Taylor et al
1973
Crime is a rational response to capitalism
Selective law enforcement sweeps over MC offences
Gordon
1976
Labelling deviance amplifies it
Becker
Unlabelled primary deviance has few consequences
Lemert
Agents of social control produce delinquents through two stages involving subjective and biased judgement
Cicourel
Greater investment into particular areas where crime is high is needed
Jones
Media creates a moral panic about delinquency
S Cohen
Disintegrative and reintegrative shaming
Braithwaite
The welfare system allows the underclass to continue rejecting norms and values
Criminal activity should be more expensive
Murray