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Functionalism

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Organic Analogy

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Durkheim

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Functional/ Inevitable/ Normal

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Merton

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Strain between American Dream and reality

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Hirschi

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Control theory- 4 social bonds

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Functional Subcultural Theories

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Alternate norms and values

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Cohen

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Status frustration

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Cloward and Ohlin

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Illegitimate Opportunity Structures

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Miller

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Focal Concerns- alternative culture of the w/c

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Marxist Subcultural Theories

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How Proletariat cope with alienation

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BCCCS

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Subcultures- magical solution

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Interactionism

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Impact of labelling

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12
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Becker

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Labelling and Master Status

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13
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Lemert

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Secondary deviance and self fulfilling prophecy

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14
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Goffmann

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Power of mentally ill as a label

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15
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Matza

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Drift in and out of deviance due to value given to label

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Marxism

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Bourgeoisie oppress the Proletariat

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17
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Gordon

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Capitalism= criminogenic

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Chamberliss

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Property laws protect the Bourgeoisie

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Snider

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Laws passed enable capitalism to thrive

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Reiman

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Selective law enforcement

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Pearce

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Health and safety laws really benefit the Bourgeoisie

22
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Corporate Crime

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Ignored in crime statistics

23
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Passas

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Strain to make profit

24
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Box

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Criminogenic capitalism makes criminals of everyone

25
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Hagan

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Social Capital Theory- misuse of trust

26
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Weisbund

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White collar criminals believe they are above the law

27
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Neo- Marxism

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Hegemony- whoever controls ideas controls society

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Right Realists

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Inspired by Functionalism

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Murray

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Culture of dependency

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Clarke

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Rational Choice Theory

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Felson

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Routine Activity Theory- informal guardians

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Wilson

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Broken window theory

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Left Realists

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Inspired by Marxism and Interactionism

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Lea and Young

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Square of crime

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Feminism

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Women and crime

36
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Heidesohn

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“Malestream” bias of Sociology of crime

37
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Smart

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Women and double deviance

38
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Pollack

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Chivalry thesis

39
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Carlen

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Rejection of patriarchal ideas

40
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Postmodernism

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Collapse of traditional sources of authority

41
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Henry and Milovanic

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Harms of reduction/ Harms of repression

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Foucault

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Surveillance controls everyone

43
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Jones

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Decriminalise and don’t treat as criminal

44
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Baudrillard

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Hyperreality- media created reality

45
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Kidd- Hewitt and Osbourne

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Crime reported as spectacle

46
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Kooistra and Mahoney

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Crime= entertainment/ sensationalism

47
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Postman

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Media use crime as “infotainment.”

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