The Functionalist Perspective on Crime and Deviance: Durkheim
Functionalists argue crime is beneficial for society. For example it can improve social integration and social regulation and is necessary for social change.
Crime and Deviance
Crime and Deviance
Crime and Deviance, Social Theories
Sociological Theories of Crime and Deviance – A Very Brief Overview
A brief summary table covering structural and action, consensus and conflict, and modern and post-modern perspectives on crime and deviance.
Crime and Deviance, Media
Sensationalisation of Crime in the Media
The selection of dramas below is a good illustration of just how much the media sensationalises crime – Crime drama