Definitions

• Organic Analogy


  Compares the different parts of society to the organs of a living organism. (Crime is needed to stabilise society like how lungs are to the human body). > Functionalist view.
• Anomie


  Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group. (Functionalism)
• Bourgeoisie 


  Capitalist class who own most of society’s wealth and means of production. > Middle class (Marxism)
• Proletariat 


  Working class. (Marxism)
• Zero Tolerance


  A policy which imposes a punishment for every violation of a stated rule. (Right realism)
• Folk Devils


  Personal group portrayed by folklore or the media as deviant and outsiders > blamed for crimes.
• Moral Panic


  Movement based on exaggerated or false perception that some group of people or cultural behaviour is dangerously deviant > threat to society’s values. (Labelling theory)
• Consumerism


  Theory that individuals who consume goods and services in large quantities will be better off. (Marxism)
• Stereotyping 


  A generalised belief about a particular category of people. (Labelling theory)
• Deviancy Amplification


  The way levels of deviance or crime can be increased by the societal reaction to deviance itself. (Labelling theory)
• Materialism


  A matter of material reality that forms the base for any change. (Left realism)