SOC115 Deviance and Social Control Dr. Leora Lawton Fall 2009 MWF 2:00 PM 2060 VALLEY LSB 1 Functionalism Recap • Durkheim – Nothing is pathological, it’s all relative – Deviance is normal and common so it must serve a purpose • Kingsley Davis – Deviance may be consensual – Institutions benefit from deviance, control it, and thus sustain it. • Kai Erikson – It defines borders of society and communities (and class) – Deviance is maintained through: • Deviance-defining rituals • Self-fulfilling prophecy • Reinforced by social control agents • Melvin Tumin – There’s negative functions as well. Not all benefit. – Deviance implies value judgments. – Evidence for functionalism on a societal level is weak and/or inconsistent. 2
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