CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: French Revolution, Solidarity, Social Fact
1 Jun 2018
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Anomie Grand theories: offer wide concepts.
Problems with theories:
Theory may be good- we may lack means to measure and observe
Some theories have only been measured once- only one perspective, no repeated research to prove
• Macrothrories: are broad and tend to explain the effects of social structure
Ex. Big bang theory. A theory that did not exist. How did they measure or test a theory like this?
• Microtheories: narrow, tend to explain the process through which individuals or groups become
criminal
Ex. Plants that live around the organism which is highly toxis.
• Bridging theory: address issues of social structure and the process through which individuals
become criminal
Ex.
Consensus theory:
• Associated with Emile Durkheim
• Society as a functional organism
• Norms/ expectations based on shared values and interests
• Laws and social institutions designed to integrate and regulate social behavior
Conflict:
• Associated with karl marx
• Society rooted in social conflict
• Norms/expectations no shared but rather imposed on us
• Laws and social institutions are designed to protect people who have money and power and
serve their interest
Chronology (marx, Durkheim, weber)
Karl Marx-
• Not a sociologist and did not write about crime
• Commented on crime though
• Still most widel cited political philosopher i social scieces as recetl ass the s
• Wrote des capital and the communist manifesto
• Ifluetial i orkers oeet ad ideas re: socialis ad couis
Dialectical/historical materialism
• Slave owners
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• Landlords
• Capitalists
• Slaves
• Serfs
• Workers
1. Dialectical pairs-polar opposites
2. Depend upon each other for their existence
3. Contradictory interests
4. Class struggle leads to change in socio-economic forms
• The historic materialism pyramid
Ideology – you values, the norms
Social superstructure- gov the courts
Relations of production
Forces of production
sMode of production
• Basic position of Marxist thought
• Capitalism is an exploitative and alienating social order
• State serves the interests of the ruling class
• The laws are mystifying force, masking the exploitative nature of capitalism
Durkheim:
• Published the book suicide
• Studied sociology
• Found sociology in paris
• Wrote rules of sociological …
• Wrote sociology and social facts
• Instrumental in establishing and contributing to annee sociologique.
The influence of de Montesquieu
• Founder of the sociology of knowledge
• Studied special; facts, social institutions, organizations, and social class and social conditions
The influence of Sint Simon
• Widely regarded as one of the founders of sociology
• One of the first o view society as functional mechanism, greater than its component parts
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Document Summary
Theory may be good- we may lack means to measure and observe. Some theories have only been measured once- only one perspective, no repeated research to prove: macrothrories: are broad and tend to explain the effects of social structure. How did they measure or test a theory like this: microtheories: narrow, tend to explain the process through which individuals or groups become criminal. Plants that live around the organism which is highly toxis: bridging theory: address issues of social structure and the process through which individuals become criminal. Consensus theory: associated with emile durkheim, society as a functional organism, norms/ expectations based on shared values and interests. Laws and social institutions designed to integrate and regulate social behavior. Conflict: associated with karl marx, society rooted in social conflict, norms/expectations no shared but rather imposed on us. Laws and social institutions are designed to protect people who have money and power and serve their interest.
