SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ritualism In The Church Of England, Anomie, Reaction Formation

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Chris Hay

Document Summary

Stresses, frustrating and strain of people trying to ensure they get up and have the means to hav is why people are committing crime. Durkheim stated that strain comes along suicide, crime increases. Anomie: normlessness, no cultural connection or social/group solidarity thus increas within society. Maybe increasing crime to state the weak aspects within society. Merton agreed with durkheim on the strain theory. He stated that it is a gap between societal goals and legitimate means. Some people have illegitimate means to reach their societal goals, so they do their societal goals. Illegitimate means: crime (poverty, drug addicts, gang members) and it society disapproves or approves because it is human nature to have a g. However, some people do give up their goals because they don"t have the me. Merton"s five forms of adaptions: when people feel strain they will do. Conformity: for every guys that is given up there are 99% conform.