SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Disorganization Theory, Medical Model
14 Apr 2016
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Sociologists defined deviance by: deviance as a physiological affect. Your deviant by definition because the general population isn"t, you"re an outlier, you stand out. The most obvious indicator is physical anatomy: statistical definition how and what way does behaviour vary from the average, pathological behaviour illness, disease, behaviour characterized by disease, some social systems are seen as diseases, Theorists like durkhiem studied this there are various processes that work in the social system that create instability/stability, social disorganization = civil war, alienation, crime is higher. Crime is a normal phenomenon, it can be contained and controlled. Pathological crime it"s at a point society cannot control it. When defining behaviour, health and unhealthy behaviour are tools used.
