CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Émile Durkheim
17 Feb 2017
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Theoretical model emerging out of the changes from late 19th century to mid 20th century. Rise of sociology as an academic discipline. Expert knowledge needed from sociology to understand and improve society. Move from individual level of analysis to structural level. Russian revolution in 1917: class struggles and armed conflict. World war i, spread of fascist movements. Mass immigration to us, canada, australia, new zealand. Post-wwii: persistence of social issues despite increased quality of economic and social conditions. Shapes by wider social processes and structures. Crim is a violation of the general consensus of values and norms. Deviant behaviours are due to social pathology. Social pathology + constrained free choice = crime. Society can become sick in terms of wider structural forces and factors. These social forces and factors shape the values and activities of offenders. Offenders exercise choices within structural societal limits. Sociology is the study of social facts.
