Durkheim
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- Durkheim
- A founding father of sociology
- Often referred to as 'Functionalism'
- All aspects of social life perform a role in society through promoting stability or moral consensus
- Social solidarity
- Crime + punishment creates and sustains social solidarity and makes societies cohere
- Distinguishes between pre-industrial societies (ancient past with little division of labour) to advanced societies (modern world where people perform specialised jobs)
- In pre-industrial societies collective sentiments and social solidarity was based on religion
- Religion Criminality - Religion held societies together
- Crimes were seen as an offence against God
- Religion Criminality - Religion held societies together
- In advanced societies collective sentiments have changed to focus on humans
- Human Criminality - "the offence of man against man cannot arouse the same indignation as an offence of man against God"
- In pre-industrial societies collective sentiments and social solidarity was based on religion
- Criminal acts create a collective hostile response e.g. punishment
- It's good that we feel outraged; it draws us together
- "Passion is the soul of punishment" it arouses a furious moral indignation of outrage
- Nietzsche argues punishment gratifies sadistic and cruel tendencies of humans
- "To witness suffering does one good. To inflict it, even more so"
- Nietzsche argues punishment gratifies sadistic and cruel tendencies of humans
- Distinguishes between pre-industrial societies (ancient past with little division of labour) to advanced societies (modern world where people perform specialised jobs)
- Mead maintains there's a close relationship between punishment and social solidarity
- BUT,this collective hostility towards criminals is harmful
- "The spirals of rage emanating outwards from a heinous crime are traumatising rather than healing"
- BUT,this collective hostility towards criminals is harmful
- Crime + punishment creates and sustains social solidarity and makes societies cohere
- Social solidarity
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- All aspects of social life perform a role in society through promoting stability or moral consensus
- Often referred to as 'Functionalism'
- Crime, law + punishment was a central focus
- Social solidarity
- Crime + punishment creates and sustains social solidarity and makes societies cohere
- Distinguishes between pre-industrial societies (ancient past with little division of labour) to advanced societies (modern world where people perform specialised jobs)
- In pre-industrial societies collective sentiments and social solidarity was based on religion
- Religion Criminality - Religion held societies together
- Crimes were seen as an offence against God
- Religion Criminality - Religion held societies together
- In advanced societies collective sentiments have changed to focus on humans
- Human Criminality - "the offence of man against man cannot arouse the same indignation as an offence of man against God"
- In pre-industrial societies collective sentiments and social solidarity was based on religion
- Criminal acts create a collective hostile response e.g. punishment
- It's good that we feel outraged; it draws us together
- "Passion is the soul of punishment" it arouses a furious moral indignation of outrage
- Nietzsche argues punishment gratifies sadistic and cruel tendencies of humans
- "To witness suffering does one good. To inflict it, even more so"
- Nietzsche argues punishment gratifies sadistic and cruel tendencies of humans
- Distinguishes between pre-industrial societies (ancient past with little division of labour) to advanced societies (modern world where people perform specialised jobs)
- Mead maintains there's a close relationship between punishment and social solidarity
- BUT,this collective hostility towards criminals is harmful
- "The spirals of rage emanating outwards from a heinous crime are traumatising rather than healing"
- BUT,this collective hostility towards criminals is harmful
- Crime + punishment creates and sustains social solidarity and makes societies cohere
- Social solidarity
- A founding father of sociology
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