CRIM 2416 Lecture Notes - Anomie, American Sociological Review
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Durkheim discusses sociological and biological phenomena, and their health or morbidity (pg. Says that characteristics that are generally distributed and found in the majority of phenomena or species should be considered normal . Characteristics found in minority of cases and that do not persist over time may be considered morbid or pathological (pg. 8) Durkheim says that all criminologists view crime as pathological (pg. 12-13) Specifically mentions raffaele garofalo, who said that criminality as not natural (pg. 16) Durkheim observes that crime is present in all societies of all types , and appears to be on the increase in most societies (pg. 13) Crime is an integral part of all healthy societies , because it is. Indispensible to the normal evolution of morality and law (pg. 15). Crime serves a function it helps to define the collective conscience . Even a society of saints would search out and identify some. Published social structure and anomie (1938) in the american.
