A Sociological Perspective Flashcards
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Social Process
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Focus on interaction between people.
2
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Social Structure
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The way society is organised, and the distribution of social and economic resources.
3
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Crime and Change
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Crime allows society to change. No deviance means no innovation.
4
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Anomie
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Lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.
5
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C. Wright Mills
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Social Structure lies at the root of private troubles.
6
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Division of Labour
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Specific types of work tasks.
7
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Collective Conscious
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A set of beliefs and sentiments common to a whole society.
8
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Emile Durkheim
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People are social beings more than mere individuals.
9
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The importance of sociology for criminology.
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Sociology aims to question our taken - for - granted assumptions.
