SOC 2070 Lecture 3: Social Deviance Lecture #3
Document Summary
The promise of science: 19th and 20th century positivism: believed we could identify it and measure it, emile durkheim (1857-1917): Social system could be measured and evaluated in terms of social behaviour. Deviance as functional (4 reasons) these things worked together in a system) If the system supports the part in which it is connected you have lower rates of deviant behaviour 9when a system works deviance is less likely) Social institutions work, the family, the government (fascinated how. When the system isn"t well operated the social system becomes anomic it is broken not properly integrated. Encourages us to come together (when a serial killer appears people will talk about it to people they don"t even. Tests moral boundaries (even though we come together to talk about the thing we fear it can trigger important social. Deviant behaviour reduces social tension (release our: mechanical reflecting societies that were held together by shared tradition moral order was shared by most people.
