SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sug, Homicide, Absolute Monarchy

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Emile durkheim argued that inequality is a natural and inevitable human condition that is not associated with social maladies, such as crimes, unless there is also a break- down of social norms or rules. Argued it had occurred in his own society as a result of the rapid social changes ac- company the modernization process. In part a reaction to the classical assumptions that humans were free and rational in a contractual society. Focus on society and its organization and development. Robert merton revised durkheim"s conception of anomie and applied it directly to. Travis hirschi used durkheim"s theory of anomie as the basis of his control theory. Durkheim"s view of crime as normal is the basis for social reaction views of the law- enactment process. One of the best know and one of the least understood major social thinkers .

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