Tag: realism
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Sociological Research on Life Imprisonment
A life sentence in jail is the most severe form of punishment the English Criminal Justice System can hand out, and the number of people serving life imprisonment in England and Wales has increased in the last few decades, but how do those sentenced to a Life-term in jail cope? This recent Thinking Allowed Podcast…
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Is Sociology A Science?
Positivists argued that sociologists should study society using ‘objective’ quantitative scientific methods. Interpretivists and others argue that sociology should not and cannot be scientific and that it should be more humanistic with multiple interpretations, and they also question whether science itself is truly objective!
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Sociological Perspectives on Crime and Deviance
A brief overview of some sociological perspectives on crime and deviance – from Functionalism through to Right Realism. Theory Summary Functionalism Argue that societies need a limited amount of crime, because crime is inevitable (society of saints argument) and that crime performs three positive functions: regulation, integration and change. Also see Durkheim’s work on suicide.…
