SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ossification, In Essence, Émile Durkheim
10 Oct 2016
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How does deviance differ from crime? (cid:862)(cid:272)ri(cid:373)e al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es (cid:271)reaki(cid:374)g the la(cid:449)(cid:863) Crime is a violation of a legal norm. Beastiality: crime involving a person and an animal. We make deviant behavior a crime they become against the law. Decriminalization: taking away the penalties of this act. Looks at how social structures puts pressure on certain people so that they engage in non-conforming rather than conforming behavior. In essence these authors say that social systems are susceptible to change. Conflict helps us to revolute the society we live in (important) How you react, respond, and change-not everyone is the same. Conflict in society radically changes what people think. Co(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t prohi(cid:271)its ossifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:862)it pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts (cid:455)ou fro(cid:373) falli(cid:374)g asleep at the (cid:449)heel(cid:863) Positive and negative changes impact the society differently. Society is not a state of equilibrium social disorientation. Change creates a view of society that puts us at odds. People can adapt when there is pressure on them.
