Sociological explanations

"Common Sense explanations outweigh the value of Sociological Explanations." Briefly describe what you understand by this statement justifying whether you agree or disagree. Common Sense is referred to as being able to make solid, well constructed, logical and practical decisions based on the situation you are faced with. In other words, being able to perform in a rational manner. Sociology is defined a the interaction between people and societies. Sociology, essentially studies the

Abnormal Psychology deals with studying, explaining and treating mental, emotional and behavioural problems. Many studies have examined the different aspects of abnormal psychology and some studies have researched into psychological disorders such as depression and anxiety. The term abnormality can be defined as a deviation from social norms. People often label individuals as abnormal if their thinking/behaviour is different from what they accept as the norms of society. In individual with tattoos

Halbwachs (Durkheim and Simpson, 1952) noted that social and psychopathological explanations of suicide are complementary. It could be argued that although ideas and behaviour are developed by society, they can be maintained through socialisation in the family and so differing levels of integration in family relationships could establish

the result of an individual’s location within the structure of society. -Crime is the end product of various social processes, especially inappropriate socialization and social learning. -Crime is the product of class struggle. The first sociological explanation for crime is that a person’s place in the structure of society can result in criminal behavior. Those that are lower on the “road to success” can feel repressed and exploited. Those higher on the social structure may feel that they have

Women may commit more crimes than is proved as they may not have been caught and the crimes may not have been recorded. Biological, psychological and sociological can be explanations for crime. Gender predicts crime. Males are seen to be offenders. General theories of crime such as Marxist and the labelling theory neglect women for their accounts. The story of women is missing they include males and culture but gender is not included. “Criminological theories have rarely been concerned with

this is the main cause of marital breakdown. It would appear that Hart 's explanation cannot account for all cases of divorce - for example, marital breakdown is liable to occur in families where only the husband is working. Nevertheless, her approach, which is to relate changes in family relations to broader social forces, would seem to be more probing than one that looks only at legislative change. The two explanations described above have very different implications for social policy, especially

is why these changes in marital patterns have occurred. In this essay I will seek to critically examine a number of sociological explanations for the 'divorce phenomenon ' and also consider the social policy implications that each explanation carries with it. It will be argued that the best explanations are to be found within a broad socio-economic framework. One type of explanation for rising divorce has focused on changes in laws relating to marriage. For example, Bilton, Bonnett and Jones (1987)

Sociological explanations of the causes of crime and deviance: an evalutation. Unusual behaviour, such as cross-dressing can be seen as deviant in some places, criminal in others and acceptable else where. According to sociologist William Graham Sumner ‘deviance is a violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether codified by codified by laws or not.’ According to Howard Becker 1963, defining deviance has is not a straightforward task. ‘Deviance is not the quality of the

Holborn, 2008). There are many types of norms for every situation; there are religious norms, health norms and certainly school norms. Rules are some of the most important norms for which formal sanctions are taken when these are broken. Sociological explanations of deviance try to explain the causes of deviance by looking at the society and how it may lead individual to adopt particular form of behaviour. The theories outlined here relate deviance either to social class, subcultures within school

Outline and Assess Sociological Explanations for Gender Differences in Crime Rates Current statistics show that men commit 80% of all crime and women commit only 20%. However there are arguments to suggest that the statistics highlight an under representation of female criminality, and there are many sociological arguments to suggest that female criminals are treated more leniently. On the other hand, some sociologists believe women are treated more harshly when they commit certain types of crime