Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Anomie, Human Ecology, Grou
22 Apr 2018
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Perspectives range from biological, physiological, psychological and sociological over past 100 years. Some are academic or scientific, while others are taken for granted understandings: anderson, accepted as true because they are felt to be true, or commonly held as true, based on immediate experience, rarely examined, differ from scientific beliefs. Take position that even scientific knowledge/academic theory has no more claim of truth than taken for granted understandings: theory: an integrated set of propositions that offers explanations for some phenomenon. Comte 1800s -> founding father of soc first to argue for scientific method. Believed human behaviour is determined by natural laws task as scientists to discover these. Establishing cause thru scientific method is complex. Millions of boys play these games and don"t kill post modernists -> gaines and rose -> reverse cause and effect chain. 18th century classical school of criminology: the school of thought that assumes people are rational, intelligent beings who exercise free will in choosing criminal behaviour.
