CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Positive Element

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Introduction: mile durkheim, french social theorist, father of functionalism, founder of modern sociology, crime and deviance, adaptation, normal response to abnormal circumstances, explanation, organization of the whole society. The social system: society, as a whole, system of interrelated parts. Interconnectedness: functional prerequisites for social system survival, adaptation. Integration: goal attainment, pattern maintenance, social boundaries, defines a range of activity, pattern of constancy and stability, reference point for people, dependency. Functionalism & crime: deviance = negative feedback = secures society"s lawful boundaries, unruley aspects can have a place in society because it serves as a reminder that it"s important. Society = "goal-directed" system = guides its members behaviour: to help system stay on course (social order, durkheim on deviance, deviance. Durkheim & functions: boundary-setting function, moral boundaries based definitions, right vs. wrong, acceptable and not acceptable, discipline the person, telling the person what they did was wrong, etc. reminding the person what they should not be doing.