by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Functionalism & Deviance
In small groups, discuss the following issue: In TV programmes and films about crime, the offender is almost always caught and brought to justice or suffers an early death. Have you ever seen any programmes in which this does not happen? Would you feel uncomfortable...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Functionalism & Deviance
Members of different types of deviant subculture might engage in different acts of deviant behaviour. In small groups, discuss which of the following offences you think would be most likely to be committed by members of ‘criminal’, ‘conflict’ or ‘retreatist’...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Functionalism & Deviance
Explain with examples why functionalist explanations of crime and deviance may be criticised for: Assuming that society has universal norms and values. Not seeing the definition of crime and deviance as problematic. Taking official crime statistics at face value. Not...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Functionalism & Deviance
Boundary maintenance – reinforcing norms and values for the majority; adaptation – facilitating social change; safety-valve, warning of a societal malfunction. The feeling created when individuals find their access to legitimate means of achieving status is blocked+-....
