CRIM 104 Lecture 4: crim 104 week 4 oct 1.docx

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 104
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Striking a blow for sociology: founded sociology, wrote the rules of sociological method, wrote sociology and social facts , instrumental in establishing and contributing. The socio-historical backdrop: durkheim was born in 1858, after the french revolution of 1789, time of the industrial revolution. The influence of saint-simon: saint-simon, emphasized the positive , one of first to view society as functional mechanism. Emile durkheim in a nutshell: durkheim, committed to preserving, regarded society, society as an entity. Law and the moral order: moral order, influence of saint-simon, for durkheim, law was reflection, moral order or moral consensus. The normal and the pathological: crime was pathological, a certain amount of crime, crime helps to define, crime and punishment. Who durkheim influenced: merton, clinard, cloward and ohlin, matza, kai erikson. Striking yet another blow for sociology: merton, published social structure and anomie . Anomie and deviant behavior: used term anomie , said that anomie takes hold in societies, said that anomie and deviance.