Is Crime Beneficial to Society?
By Christy Evans 8/30/17
French sociologist Emile Durkheim’s position on crime is that it is normal to a functioning society. He believed that by defining what is deviant, we are enabled to know what is not, and hence to live by shared standards.
Durkheim thought that deviance promoted social unity and moral boundaries. Men are wicked and it is a factor in public health. For murderers to disappear, the horror of bloodshed must become greater in those social strata from which murderers are recruited; but, first it must become greater throughout the entire society. It appears he thinks everyone would have to have the same consciousness in order to find utopia and this is not possible.
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Moynihan uses Judge Torres, (New York State Supreme Court) genuine alarm at “the trivialization of the lunatic crime rate”.
He believed that Durkheim’s philosophy cannot be a rigid concept or constant as the dynamics of society standards vary too much to fit it into one scientific formula.
I believe that there is room for both philosophies to exist. I disagree that crime is beneficial in any way, but I also believe crime is absolute as the function of needing to breathe. I believe all humans are capable of crime. It can be due to nature vs. nurture, societal demands, sickness, sociopath, psychopathic or greed, etc. It appears to me to be a biological function in the brain and the brain is still a big mystery in science. There are many reasons a human can resort to crime but most decide not to.
Crime makes you feel helpless and powerless. I’m not sure what benefit that has to society. But I also feel that Durkheim was right in that a Utopia is not possible but for me it is due to …show more content…
The news cast every night is usually covered with stories of shootings, rape, or violence. I started to feel more and more powerless to it so I quit watching it. The main point is, is that I don’t want to hear about it anymore but I am no longer surprised or saddened by it. I feel most people I know have this same mentality. The numerous reality shows filled with drama are what has the worlds’ attention now. It drowns out the worries of real life and powerlessness of how one feels about the realities of violence in their community. That is why I agree more with Mr. Moynihan on the point of how much is too
By Christy Evans 8/30/17
French sociologist Emile Durkheim’s position on crime is that it is normal to a functioning society. He believed that by defining what is deviant, we are enabled to know what is not, and hence to live by shared standards.
Durkheim thought that deviance promoted social unity and moral boundaries. Men are wicked and it is a factor in public health. For murderers to disappear, the horror of bloodshed must become greater in those social strata from which murderers are recruited; but, first it must become greater throughout the entire society. It appears he thinks everyone would have to have the same consciousness in order to find utopia and this is not possible.
I thought it was interesting …show more content…
Moynihan uses Judge Torres, (New York State Supreme Court) genuine alarm at “the trivialization of the lunatic crime rate”.
He believed that Durkheim’s philosophy cannot be a rigid concept or constant as the dynamics of society standards vary too much to fit it into one scientific formula.
I believe that there is room for both philosophies to exist. I disagree that crime is beneficial in any way, but I also believe crime is absolute as the function of needing to breathe. I believe all humans are capable of crime. It can be due to nature vs. nurture, societal demands, sickness, sociopath, psychopathic or greed, etc. It appears to me to be a biological function in the brain and the brain is still a big mystery in science. There are many reasons a human can resort to crime but most decide not to.
Crime makes you feel helpless and powerless. I’m not sure what benefit that has to society. But I also feel that Durkheim was right in that a Utopia is not possible but for me it is due to …show more content…
The news cast every night is usually covered with stories of shootings, rape, or violence. I started to feel more and more powerless to it so I quit watching it. The main point is, is that I don’t want to hear about it anymore but I am no longer surprised or saddened by it. I feel most people I know have this same mentality. The numerous reality shows filled with drama are what has the worlds’ attention now. It drowns out the worries of real life and powerlessness of how one feels about the realities of violence in their community. That is why I agree more with Mr. Moynihan on the point of how much is too