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Why did Emile Durkheim believe that crime is both normal and functional?

This is an essay question for my Sociology - Crime and Justice paper

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    In this essay I will outline emile durkheime thoughts on crime as normal and functional then introduce a marxist approach which counters these arguments plus jock young on the manufacture of deviance.

    then conclude with my own thoughts based on these sociologists.

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