81. Sanjay Marwah, Visiting Professor, Sociology And Anthropology, Ohio University Areas of Specialization. Criminology, Urban sociology, Suburbanization Strain/AnomieTheory, Political Ecomony. Courses Taught. Soc. 101 Intro. to sociology Soc. http://www.cas.ohiou.edu/socanth/marwah.htm

Sanjay Marwah Visiting Professor Areas of Specialization Courses Taught Selected Publications Ph.D. Candiate : George Mason University Phone Office : Bentley Annex 025 Email marwah@ohio.edu Areas of Specialization Criminology, Urban Sociology, Suburbanization Strain/Anomie Theory, Political Ecomony Courses Taught Soc. 101: Intro. to Sociology Soc. 362: Criminology Soc. 464: Law and Social Control Selected Publications and Presentations Marwah, Sanjay (2002), "On Regions and Governance," Urban Affairs Review , Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 592-595. Marwah, Sanjay and Mathieu Deflem (2001), Revisiting Merton: Continuities in the Theory of Anomie-And-Opportunity-Structures, presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August. Fukuyama, Francis and Marwah, Sanjay (2000), "Comparing East Asia and Latin America: Dimensions of Development," Journal of Democracy , Vol. 11, No.4, October 2000, pp. 80-94. Marwah, Sanjay and Sarah P. Maxwell (2000), Homicide Victimization: A Cross-National Review from an Age and Gender Perspective, presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, CA, November. Rajan, Ramkishen and

82. Sociology 6/e Chapter 7 - Chapter Review sociology AN INTRODUCTION 6/e by Gelles Levine. to a breakdown in the socialorder; he saw high rates of deviance as the result of anomiea condition of http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/sociology/gelles/sg/chap7/rev7.htm

SOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION 6/e by Learning Tools About the Author Teaching Tools ... Book Page Chapter 7 Objectives Chapter Review Critical Thinking General Web Exercises Social Policy Web Exercises Contemporary Culture Web Exercises ... Return to the Table of Contents Chapter Review I. What is deviance? deviance absolutist perspective , deviance lies in the act itself. II. How do societies determine what constitutes deviance and attempt to control deviant behavior, and what are the consequences for offenders? A. Deviance is universal, since every society establishes rules and regula tions, experiences violations of those rules, and in one way or another punishes offenders. On the other hand, what does or does not upset peoplethe social definition within B. Social control refers to any and all efforts to prevent and/or correct deviant behavior; the most powerful instrument of social control is socialization. To achieve control, all societies depend on sanctions , that is, on rewards for con forming behavior and punishments for deviant behavior. A broad distinction can be made between formal and informal social controls:

83. Durkheim - The Work - Individual &Society solidarity, integration, authority, ritual, and regulationindicate that his sociologyis anchored anomie, he argued, was as detrimental to individuals as it http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/durkheim/durkw2.htm

Individual and Society... Durkheim and 'SUICIDE' To Durkheim, men were creatures whose desires were unlimited. Unlike other animals, they arenot satiated when their biological needs are fulfilled. "The more one has, the more one wants, since satisfactions received only stimulateinstead of filling needs." It follows from this natural insatiability of the human animal that his desires can only be held in check by external controls, that is, by societal control. Society imposes limits on human desires and constitutes "a regulative force [which] must playthe same role for moral needs which the organism plays for physicalneeds." In well-regulated societies, social controls set limits onindividual propensities so that "each in his sphere vaguely realizes the extreme limits on individual propensities so that "each in his sphere vaguely realizes the extreme limits set to his ambitions and aspires to nothing beyond. . . . Thus, an end or a goal [is] set to the passions." When social regulations break down, the controlling influence of society on individual propensities is no longer effective and individuals are left to their own devices. Such a state of affairsDurkheim calls

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