CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Talcott Parsons, Edwin Sutherland, Drug Culture
21 Sep 2016
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Lecture 3: contemporary versions of anomie strain theory. The good, the bad, and the completely irrelevant. Anomie theories and subculture theories related to structural functionalism. Popular sociological perspectives from late 1930s into 1960s. Functionalist approach draws parallel between the social order and organic life. Society seen as series of integrated parts, each working to ensure the continuation of the organism. Saint simon emphasized importance of moral order. One of first to view society as functional mechanism, greater than its component parts. Used terms like elements, organs and tissues to describe society. Durkheim said a certain amount of crime was normal found in all societies. Crime and punishment maintained this society"s fundamental values and preserved its moral order. Integration: society had to regulate/coordinate the interrelationships of its subsystems: latency: society had to maintain conforming behavior by resolving strains and motivating individuals to conform. Society/social system strive for balance or stability, often referred to as equilibrium.
