CC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Positivism, Third Period, First Period
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Chapter 4: sociological positivism: pathology: manifestation of behaviours that are habitual, maladaptive and compulsive, crime and sociological positivism is about social pathology, not individual pathology, strain theory: assumes society is like an organism or mechanical system. If all parts of the syste(cid:373) (cid:449)ork together, there is har(cid:373)o(cid:374)y. If o(cid:374)e part does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ork properly, strai(cid:374) occurs on the other parts of the system as well. Educational programs, employment projects, outlets for disadvantaged groups: re-socialize offender. Influence of social phenomena: there are social facts that describe social phenomena and are independent from the actions of individuals, ex. Distribution of population in a certain area, religious beliefs of a society: durkhei(cid:373)"s fa(cid:373)ous study of sui(cid:272)ide rates (cid:448)aryi(cid:374)g between catholic and. Individuals and institutions become dependent on others in a complex division of labour: mix of wealth, ethnicities, beliefs, high level of work specialization. Contemporary examples: neighbourhood effect, community and local level social disorganization, ex. Inner city and marginalized communities: structural disorganization (ex.
