functionalism

• durkheim

  • crime is inevitable
  • boundary maitenence
  • social change
  • anomie + stagnation
• durkheim eval

  • what is the right amount of crime
• merton

  • anomie -> strain
  • conformists: approved means
  • innovators: unconventional means
  • ritualists: low goals
  • retreatists: reject
  • rebels: reject + replace
• merton eval

  • marxists: lack of opportunity
• hirshi

  • crime caused by lack of social bonds
  • attachment, commitment, belief, involvement
• hirshi eval

  • marxists: blames marginalised wc