Chapter 6 Reflection

Chapter 6 Reflection

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Chapter 6 Reflection

This chapter presents the anomie theory and focuses on the study of the society in relation to lawlessness and its effects. The major theorists mentioned in the chapter are Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton. The research into lawlessness and how this affects the society was began by Emile Durkheim and later studied by Robert Merton. What is of major interest and concern to me is how Emile Durkheim investigated death and its causes and later came to the making of anomie theory whereby the social standards for regulating behaviour are no longer effective and have broken down. Due to this different people have issues and later end up committing suicide due to their overwhelming psychological states.

Reference

Williams III, F.P., & McShane, M.D. (2018). Criminological theory (7th ed.). New York: Pearson.