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- OER Text materialTheoretical Perspectives on DevianceChapter 7, subsection 7.2. In this section, functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are used to explain deviance. Theories under functionalism are Émile Durkheim’s The Essential Nature of Deviance, Robert Merton’s Strain Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, and Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay’s Cultural Deviance Theory. Under conflict theory are theories like Karl Marx’s An Unequal System, and C. Wright Mills’ The Power Elite. Under symbolic interactionism are Labeling Theory, Edwin Sutherland’s Differential Association, and Travis Hirschi’s Control Theory.
- Subject:
- Sociology
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Material Type:
- Module
- Author:
- OER Librarian
- Provider:
- Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
- Date Added:
- 05/07/2021
- License:
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Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
- Language:
- English
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