Episodes
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Merton’s Strain to Anomie
Before moving on to Merton, it is best if we run through some key aspects of Durkheim. As we have discovered Durkheim’s position is crime is a consequence of societies based on values of competitive individualism structured within a high division of labour (competition and the division of labour...
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Functionalist perspective of crime
Durkheim was the main architect of the functionalist perspective of crime. However before you examine this perspective you will need to familiarise yourself with functionalist social theory. However before you look at that, it might be useful to refresh yourself with the AS level principles of...
About this show
A Level Sociology revision: education, media, beliefs in society, crime & deviance, families & households etc