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CCJS105 EXAM 2
Terms v. def etc
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Undergraduate 1
11/04/2007

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Anomie
Definition
A term coined by Robert Merton, anomie means a collective loss of community values/societal breakdown ie 4chan.
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Durkheim
Definition
Was a French sociologist, Believed that crime was not only normal but functional, Every society had crime
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Organic Society
Definition

A theory brought about by Durkheim.

Organic
  • Divided, low collective conscious as people become more independently employed

  • In an organic society, the role of law is to negotiate interactions between people. It becomes a way for society to become organized.
  • Assumptions
    • As a society becomes more organic there will be an increase in behavior that will become tolerated.
    • The purpose of the punishment will change
    • In an organic society, during times of rapid social change, there will be an increase in criminal behavior
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Mechanical Society
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Mechanical

  • Collective conscious is high
  • The role of law is to keep people from breakin the norm
  • Assumptions
    • Punishments or crime will remain stable in a mechanical society
      • What is defined as criminal will stay the same in a mech society.
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Shaw & McKay
Definition
Came up with the theory of Social Disorganization. Published their work in 1942 in a book that was called Juvenile delinquency in urban areas Assumptions: Crime must understood in the context in which it occurs. ¨ A crime ridden community may promote new cultural tendencies. ¨ Social Disorganization is the consequence of rapid social change brought on by immigration patterns.
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Robert Merton
Definition
Coined the term anomie. His typology to anomie is the most commonly known form of strain theory. Offered five adaptations to anomie.
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Five adaptations to anomie.
Definition
Conformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, and Rebellion.
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