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Theoretical perspectives - Crime & Deviance

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Fill in the blanks with key words from the text to complete sentences about the functionalist perspective on crime.

por Danielle Cox
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view as a normal and inevitable aspect of . They argue that crime serves important in society , such as reinforcing and , promoting , and providing for those in the . For , all change starts with an act of deviance . People with new ideas , values and ways of living must not be by the weight of social control . Functionalists believe that crime can also act as a , allowing individuals to release their and maintain . For example , argued that provides a release for sexual frustrations without threatening the stability of the family . Overall , functionalists see crime as a necessary and beneficial part of society .

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on and suggest that to individuals can lead them to adopt . These theories focus on the process by which individuals are as deviant and how this label can become a . Labelling can individuals and push them further into . When others see that person only in terms of their label , the label becomes their which now controls their identity . This can lead to a deviant career which may involve joining a deviant which deviant behaviour and confirms the deviant identity .

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The on focuses on how and contribute to . According to Marxists , crime is a result of the unequal distribution of and in . They argue that the uses the to control and oppress the . Marxists believe that crime will continue as long as , as it creates the conditions for criminal behavior to thrive . Crime may be seen as the only way to obtain the consumer goods by capitalist , this leads to crime . and lack of control over their lives may lead to and aggression , resulting in non - utilitarian crimes .