Functionalism Emile Durkheim’s The Rules of the Sociological Method Deviance as Normal Boundary Setting Function Group Solidarity Function Innovative Function Tension Reduction Function Latent Function

Functionalism Wayward Puritans and Functionalism Assessment of Functionalism Overly Mechanistic View of Society Circularity of Functional Analysis Conservative Bias

Social Disorganization The Chicago School emphasized “social causation” Deviance is a natural byproduct of rapid social change Disorganization is a step toward reorganization Normative Consensus is replaced by “Disensus”

Social Disorganization The Dynamics of Disorganization: W.I. Thomas The Polish Peasant in Europe and America Thomas and Florian Znaniecki The Ecology of Disorganization: Robert Park and Ernest Burgess (Social Ecology) Invasion-Succession Model (invasion, conflict, accommodation, assimilation)

Social Disorganization Park’s “Natural Areas” Concentric Zone model Clifford Shaw and Henry Mckay’s Delinquency Areas Social Disorganization and Mental Illness H. Warren Dunham and Robert Faris Downward Drift Hypothesis