SOC227 Lecture Notes - Mother Teresa, Prime Factor, Ritualism In The Church Of England
10 Apr 2014
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Some criminologists maintain that there should be other causes of crime studied. If we want to understand crime as a cultural phenomenon, we have to tend to the dynamics and interactions of individuals and important institutions such as family, schools, workplace etc. They also direct attention to the relationships of social groups to one another. They start off that giving the deprivations experienced by lower classes and disadvantage of lower status can be primary source of crime. Three major branches of criminology that focus on impact of social structure: strain theory, cultural deviance theory, disorganization theory. All strain theories can be traced to durkheim"s concept of anomie. Anomie theory (greek - a nomos - without norms ) Durkheim: term anomie used in 2 different ways: He used the terms in two distinct, non-identical ways: division of labour in society- book anomic society - one in which norms have broken down or become inoperative during times of rapid social change.
