CRIM 104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anomie
11 Mar 2015
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5: integration: coordinate inter relationship of subsystems, latency: resolve strains, motivate conforming behavior, four parts of the social system, family, schools, religion, economy, these parts are supposed to help function society and teach you values ^^ Messner and rosenfeld: institutional anomie theory 1990"s: attempt to revise merton"s initial theory and the goal was to turn it into a macro level theory, crime and the american dream, crime is higher in america due to its capitalism structure that makes people depend on monetary goals as cultural aspirations, capitalist economy creates unregulated goals and dysfunctional social structures where the economy triumphs all other three institutions, the polity, the family, education, addresses white collar crime and women, too specific on american dream and cultural aspirations. Thrasher 1927: chicago school, studied gangs, the gang emerge where breaks in the structure of social organization, impact of immigration, urbanization, rationalization and social and geographical mobility, industrialization, two main effect of rapid social change.
