SOC 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Macrosociology, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Anomie
24 May 2018
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Why do people commit crime?
- Making of laws
- Reason of laws
ALL crime is deviant
NOT all deviance is crime
Different concepts are theorised in completely different ways
Macrosociology - social structure and crime focus on broad features of society
Social structure - framework that guides out thinking, behavior, interactions, gravity
focuses of social context
Social entities within our society that are organized to meet specific needs
For example - education, family, social status
Collective patterns - patterns on a mass scale, supported with large databases
...these are the types of things we will ask questions about
...these guide our behavior, preventing us from experiences in our way
*maze of life*
- In constant response to social structures
Anomie/Strain Theory
Structural Function
Core assumptions
1) Social order in product of social norms
2) Communities embrace norms the “right” way
3) Deviance (and reactions to this) is necessary part to maintaining order
Key words : stain theories, anomie, conventional means (conformance), ritualist
Socialize our youth to conform to society by : education, government, etc.
Show the way NOT how to live → deviance gives an example
Durkheim (1858-1917)
- Social structure (structural conditions of the community matter more than the
particular individuals living in it)
+ Social Norms - a lack of norms results in amomie
+ Impulses or “unlimited aspirations”
+ We are all seen selfish
+ Consumed in our own desires
Document Summary
Different concepts are theorised in completely different ways. Macrosociology - social structure and crime focus on broad features of society. Social structure - framework that guides out thinking, behavior, interactions, gravity focuses of social context. Social entities within our society that are organized to meet specific needs. Collective patterns - patterns on a mass scale, supported with large databases. These are the types of things we will ask questions about. These guide our behavior, preventing us from experiences in our way. Core assumptions: social order in product of social norms, communities embrace norms the right way, deviance (and reactions to this) is necessary part to maintaining order. Key words : stain theories, anomie, conventional means (conformance), ritualist. Socialize our youth to conform to society by : education, government, etc. Show the way not how to live deviance gives an example. Social structure (structural conditions of the community matter more than the particular individuals living in it)
