SOCIOL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Altruistic Suicide, Social Integration, Social Control
13 Jul 2016
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Social deviance- any transgression of socially established norms o (ex. Minor as farting in church or as serious as murder, so long as it consists of breaking the rules by which most people abide) Crime- the violation of laws enacted by society. Functionalist approach explains the existence of social phenomena by the functions they perform. Emilie durkheim: used functionalist approach to explain social cohesion, the way people form social bonds, relate to each other, and get along on a day to day basis. Mechanical or segmental solidarity- social cohesion based on sameness (characterized postmodern society) Deviance and the act of collective punishment holds us together. Social control- the set of mechanisms that create normative compliance, the act of abiding by society"s norms or simply following the rules of group life: mechanisms of social control are separated into 2 categories. Formal social sanctions- mechanisms of social control by which rules or laws prohibit deviant criminal behavior (ex.
