SOCIOL 2C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Unintended Consequences, Scientific Method
27 Nov 2015
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Early theories of deviance: supernatural explanations god, the devil, witchcraft, neo-classical approach rational choice & free will, early scientific de-evolution, heredity, biological factors. Tonight we continue with early scientific approaches. But our focus shifts to social theories of crime & deviance. Emerged to replace the biological late 19th early 20th c. All based on certain assumptions about the nature of. Some focus on social stability, social conflict or interpretation. Some more useful than others in explaining a given aspect of social reality (meanings) deviance. Seeks to explain why people act in particular ways (cause, origins of things, why do ppl deviate?) Society and behavior could be studied using methods of natural i. e. comparative method, experimentation, observation in sciences development of knowledge. Intent - discover generalizable laws of human behavior. B/c focus is on why, a corresponding focus is on prevention. How social order is maintained a core concern. Exist b/c we all agree they should.
