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Durkheimian/Functionalist Approaches to Deviance

Durkheimian/Functionalist Approaches to Deviance. Positivism and the Development of Sociology. Prior conceptions Positivism as a social movement The example of economics Precursors to Durkheim Comte Quetelet. Durkheim’s Sociology. Society as a reality sui generis Social facts

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Durkheimian/Functionalist Approaches to Deviance

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  1. Durkheimian/Functionalist Approaches to Deviance

  2. Positivism and the Development of Sociology • Prior conceptions • Positivism as a social movement • The example of economics • Precursors to Durkheim • Comte • Quetelet

  3. Durkheim’s Sociology • Society as a reality sui generis • Social facts • Social statistics and the use of “indicators” • The example of suicide • Other important Durkheimian concepts • The essential goodness of the evolved society • The conscience collective • Mechanical and organic solidarity

  4. Durkheim on Law, Crime, and Deviance • Law • Repressive law • Restitutive law • Law and forms of solidarity • Crime and deviance • Religious crimes • Human crimes • The FUNCTIONALITY of crime and deviance

  5. Kai Erikson: A Modern Durkheimian • The notion of “boundary maintenance” • A historical example of boundary maintenance: Wayward Puritans • The antinomian heresy • The persecution of Quakers • The Salem witch trials

  6. Critiques of the Functionalist Perspective • Problems with theoretical assumptions • Is society “consensual”? • Is all deviance functional for society? • What about individual- and group-level dysfunction? • Problems with macro-level focus • Ignores micro level • Problem of vagueness • Problem of validity

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