Sociology 1025A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Nationstates, Neoliberalism, International Development
29 Mar 2017
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The condemnation of crime exercised the collective outlook, and it reinforced the group"s collective beliefs and values o. The criminal was a scapegoat, and if he did not exist in fact, given his functional importance, he could be invented. Durkheim punitive criminal law was the hallmark of primitive societies, which enjoyed a. Durkheim reconciliatory civil law characterizes advanced societies w/an organic division of labour o. A diverse but mutually dependent specialization of tasks. Law was primarily an instrument of control &a source of both mystification &legitimation. Durkheim position on law as an expression of the collective consciousness vs marx &engel"s views on law as an instrument of control. Stressed the influence of both social movements &the mass media in the construction of the criminal law. Status politics the advancement of group respectability or status by seeking to have the group values enshrined in law.
