CRIME AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR - TESTING A DURKHEIMIAN MODEL

• NCJ Number: 7476
• Journal: American Journal of Sociology Volume: 78 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1972) Pages: 643-656
• Author(s): S D WEBB
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF DURKHEIM'S PROPOSITION THAT DEVIANCE, OR CRIME, WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH AN INCREASING DIVISION OF LABOR WITHIN THE SOCIETY.

Abstract

TO TEST THIS PROPOSITION AND FOUR COROLLARY SUPPOSITIONS, THE STUDY INVOLVED THE CONSIDERATION OF CRIME RATES AS FOUND WITHIN DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES POSSESSING DIFFERENTIAL DEGREES OF DIVISION OF LABOR. THE PRIMARY HYPOTHESIS WAS LARGELY REFUTED, BUT ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE MODEL CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)