CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Delayed Gratification, Anomie, Social Class
6 Mar 2017
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The great depression: collapse and deregulation of social tradition. Popularity of durkheim theory in america: examination of social structure. Data collected by previous researchers (shaw/mckay/sutherland): confirmed deregulation lead to deviance. Durkheim anomie: the breakdown of the ability of society to regulate. Merton: there is a gap between goals and legal means of achieving those goals. We want to achieve our goals and if it is impossible we will move to unconventional ways of achieving those goals. Institutionalized means: hard work, deferred gratification, honesty and education. Means must provide some intrinsic satisfaction for all person participate in culture. (cid:862)it"s (cid:374)ot (cid:449)hether you (cid:449)i(cid:374), it"s ho(cid:449) you play the ga(cid:373)e(cid:863) Satisfaction comes from the following the means rather than the goals. But american culture the goal has been emphasized to a point tht the institutionalized means are little reward in themselves. Cultural argument: high rate of crime in american society. Structural argument: high rate of crime in lower classes.
