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8 pages in length. Focuses on the old school theory of anomie of Emile Durkheim and applies it to criminology in society today. This old school theory used anomie to describe a condition of deregulation that was occurring in society. What this meant was that the rules on how people ought to behave with each other were breaking down. For this reason, people did not know what to expect from one another. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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consequently, is not ourself, but society living and acting within us; the other, on the contrary, represents that in us which is personal and distinct, that which makes us an
individual" (Emile Durkheim, 1893 PG). Emile Durkheim, a French sociologist, introduced the concept of anomie in his book The
Division of Labor in Society, published in 1893. This old school theory used anomie to describe a condition of deregulation that was occurring in society. What this meant was that
the rules on how people ought to behave with each other were breaking down. For this reason, people did not know what to expect from one another. Anomie, simply
defined, is a state where norms (expectations on behaviors) are confused. They are unclear or not present. It is normlessness, Durkheim felt, which led to deviant behavior. In 1897,
Durkheim used the term again in his study on Suicide, referring to a morally deregulated condition. Durkheim was preoccupied with the effects of social change. He best illustrated his concept
of anomie not in a discussion of crime but of suicide (Durkheim 1893). This old school theory of criminology still is very much relevant in todays society.
In his book The Division of Labor in Society, Durkheim proposed two concepts. First, that societies evolved from a simple, nonspecialized form, called mechanical,
toward a highly complex, specialized form, called organic. In the former society people behave and think alike and more or less perfom the same work tasks and have the same
group-oriented goals. When societies become more complex, or organic, work also becomes more complex. In this society, people are no longer tied to one another and social bonds are impersonal.
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