Who Are the Key Crime Sociologists to Remember Flashcards

Who are the critical crime sociologists to memorize? These flashcards can help. Have you ever wondered about how criminal organizations are run, or maybe you want to take a course on this subject? A fundamental sociological concept in organized crime is that these businesses are organized along the same lines as a legislative business. Read and study these flashcards and learn more about crucial crime sociologists.

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Durkheim
Functionalism, inevitability of crime, boundary maintenance, adaptation and change, society of saints
Davis
Crime as a safety valve, functionalism
A. Cohen
Functionalism, subcultural strain theory, crime acts as a warning that society isn't functioning properly, status frustration, alternative status hierarchy,
Merton
Subcultural strain theory, American Dream, strain to anomie, cultural and structural factors, conformity, rebellion, retreatism, ritualism, innovation
Cloward and Ohlin
Subcultural strain theory, criminal, conflict, retreatist, lack of il/legitimate opportunities
Platt
Labelling theory, moral entrepreneurs: 'juvenile delinquency'
Becker
Labelling theory, moral entrepreneurs, Marijuana Tax Act (1937) in US
Piliavin and Briar
Labelling, police based decisions to arrest a youth mainly on physical cues
Cicourel
Labelling, negotiation of justice, typifications
Lemert
Labelling, secondary and primary deviance, self-fulfilling prophecy, deviant career, deviant subculture, master status
Young
Labelling, Notting Hill, hippy marijuana users
S. Cohen
Deviance amplification spiral, folk devils, moral panic, marginalisation
Triplett
Labelling (in USA), young offenders seen as evil, less tolerant of minor deviance, CJS re-labelled status offences like truancy as more serious offences, increase in such offences
Braithwaite
Labelling, disintegrative shaming (both labelled), reintegrative shaming (act labelled)
Gordon
Marxism, crime rational response to capitalism, found in all social classes