SOCY 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anomie

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 122
• Professor: Rob Beamish

Document Summary

Socy 122 - introduction to sociology - lecture 8: structural explanations of deviant behaviour. Designating acts as deviant is a social process whereby groups express disapproval of. Durkheim"s study of suicide as a structural explanation of deviant behaviour. Durkheim"s study of suicide is a macro explanation of deviant behaviour. Focus on conscience collective the dominant value system and how people think. A social process in which particular practices are designated as deviant. Acts designated as deviant must be understood in their context. Deviant actions elicit moral condemnation within particular contexts during specific. Periods of anomie lead to reassessment of behaviours. Lower levels of social control allow for more liberal attitudes subjective elements of. Subjective assessment of objective actions and thoughts shows limits of acceptable. Deviant behaviour reinforces what the norms are or how much freedom there is to. Existence of core representations socialization/integration creates smooth, functional. Suicide or deviant behaviour a function of social control.