CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Positivism, Structural Level, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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*to study for the midterm, compare and contrast each theory. Historical context: theoretical model emerging out of the changes from the late 19th century to mid 20th century, continuity and change: rise of sociology as an academic discipline. We need expert knowledge from sociology to understand and improve society. Move from individual level of analysis to structural level of analysis: there is something wrong with society that leads to crime. Focus shifts from the individual to society: economic/political/social unrest: russian revolution in 1917: class struggles and armed conflict. The great depression, poverty, mass immigration to the us, canada. After ww2 social issues continued in spite of good economic and social conditions. Basic ideas of sociological positivism: crime is a social phenomenon. Crime is shaped by wider social processes and structures: consensus of social norms and values. Crime is a violation of the general consensus of values and norms.
