Durkheim
structural-functionalist who coined the term anomie
anomie
a breakdown of social order as a result of a loss of values/standards
-caused by rapid social change
according to Durkheim, what are the 3 things crime is?
normal, necessary and inevitable
conformity
Merton’s mode of adap...
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Durkheim
structural-functionalist who coined the term anomie
anomie
a breakdown of social order as a result of a loss of
values/standards
-caused by rapid social change
according to Durkheim, what are the 3 things crime is?
normal, necessary and inevitable
conformity
Merton’s mode of adaptation that involves accepting society's
goals and working to achieve them the socially acceptable way
innovation
Merton’s mode of adaptation that involves accepting society's
goals but achieving them through crime
ritualism
Merton’s mode of adaptation that involves abandoning
society's goals and accepting their lives the way they are
retreatism
, Merton’s mode of adaptation that involves abandoning
society's goals and retreating to drugs and alcohol
rebellion
merton's mode of adaptation that involves rejecting society's
goals and creating their own
merton
created the strain theory that said that anomie spreads because
society holds the same goals for everyone without giving
everyone an equal opportunity for success
strain theory
says anomie spreads because society holds the same goals for
everyone without giving everyone an equal opportunity for
success
according to merton, what causes society's strain?
society focuses too much on material goals and not enough on
the means of getting there
why is there frustration and anomie in society?
the lower class is stuck in isolation and does not trust social
institutions
what are the 5 ways that people adapt to strain according to
merton?
conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion
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