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Functionalism on crime - Coggle Diagram
Functionalism on crime
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Society of saints - in a perfect world, the smallest things would become criminal (eg. coughing without covering your mouth)
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Criticisms
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Crime may be functional for society, but what about the victim?
Merton
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Deviance is the result of strain between the goals of society and legitimate means of achieving them
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Lower class and ethnic minorities are more likely to commit criminal acts because of their position in the social structure
Criticisms
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Can only account for utilitaan crime. whr about gang violence, raoe and graffiri?
What about other factors like class, gender, ethnicity and sexuality
Cohen
Lower class people are frustrated because they want to be successful but lack the qualifications and skills to do so
People solve status frustration by rejecting society and vreating rheir own norms and vaues in gangs, where they can achieve satus through non-utilitarian crimes
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Miller
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The lower class experience a lack if excitement ay work which leads to the desire for excitement in things like joy-riding