CRM 2301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Forces, Efficiency Ratio, White-Collar Crime
9 Feb 2015
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10 mc, 7 short answers - you choose 5. Durkheim influenced all these guys - shaw mckay, sutherland, albert cohen. Anomie - need to know the definition of anomie (compare and contrast between theorists) Complex society: organic solidarity - division of labour. Law reflects the values of the middle class. Durkheim: anomie is a breakdown in the ability of society to regulate. Merton: appetite not natural rather originates in the culture - more money wealth and success. Cultural goals: accumulation of wealth - the american dream. Institutionalized means (acceptable ways): hard work, deferred gratification, honesty, and education. This contradiction between the cultural goal and the social structure of society is anomie. Depending on a persons attitude towards a cultural goals they adapt one of these categories. American dream: a commitment to the goal of material success, to be pursued by everyone in society, under conditions of open, individual competition. Individualism (wants success by doing it on their own)
