Durkheim's theory of crime and deviance

Durkheim said crime & deviance serves a ________________ in society.

• policy

• law

• function

• platter

Crime & deviance reinforces the ______________ of values, norms and behaviour of the non-deviant population.

• consensus

• change

• civilisation

• policy

Crime & deviance also allows for ______________ change to occur.

• economic

• social

• extreme

• fanatical

Durkheim argued that society becomes __________________ when the level of crime is either too high or too low.

• opulent

• elevated

• dysfunctional

• functional

A state of anomie is _______________.

• a state of anonymity

• a state of chaos

• a state of happiness

• a state of mindfulness

Social ____________ which hold society together have broken down in a state of anomie.

• bonds

• care

• security

• agent

Where the majority in society share the same norms and values.

• safety valve

• upright conscience

• state of anomie

• value consensus

Social __________ is enforced when people share outrage at a crime.

• order

• solidarity

• control

• agent

An example of when the British public demonstrated a ______________ conscience is after the 2019 London Bridge terror attack.

• guilty

• bad

• collective

• individual

Kingsley Davies (1967) suggested that deviance acted as a 'safety ____________' .

• valve

• catch

• hatch

• match