CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Émile Durkheim, Social Change, Noxious Stimulus
10 Jun 2016
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Causes of crime are external to the individual. Criminals and delinquents are normal people whose behaviour is influenced by their environment. Crime as a manifestation of social pathology particularly social strain (not strains that reside within the individual) Believe in consensus about value and norms in society. Crime changes over time and place (does not have an essence) Crimes are actions that offend or violate society"s collective feelings or sentiments: collective conscience. Violates the beliefs of most members of society. Certain amount of crime is normal: adaptive: new ideas and practices (society adapts and evolves, boundary maintenance: reinforces social values and norms (concept of good/bad) Society with too little crime does not enforce differences. Close relationship between social structures and norms and values: affects what crime happens and how crime is responded to. Different beliefs, norms, values = different behaviour patterns: norm: commonly or frequently, normal: opposite of abnormal, normative: morally endorsed ideal. Different division of labour impact social solidarity.
