Durkheim's Theory of Social Order and Deviance: a Multi-level Test
In the present paper, we study the social context of adolescent delinquency in order to examine Durkheim’s theory of social order. We use survey data on urban adolescents in Iceland that allow us to examine key theoretical constructs on both the community and the individual levels of analysis. Our f...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:eursoj:20/4/271 2023-05-15T16:49:27+02:00 Durkheim's Theory of Social Order and Deviance: a Multi-level Test Thorlindsson, Thorolfur Bernburg, Jón Gunnar 2004-09-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/20/4/271 https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jch025 en eng Oxford University Press http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/20/4/271 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jch025 Copyright (C) 2004, Oxford University Press Articles TEXT 2004 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jch025 2013-05-27T09:06:26Z In the present paper, we study the social context of adolescent delinquency in order to examine Durkheim’s theory of social order. We use survey data on urban adolescents in Iceland that allow us to examine key theoretical constructs on both the community and the individual levels of analysis. Our findings lend substantial support to the multi-level nature of Durkheim’s concept of social integration. Using hierarchical linear regression, we show that both community and individual level social integration indicators have negative effects on adolescent delinquency, and that the experience of anomie mediates a substantial part of these effects. Furthermore, the multi-level context of social integration and anomie moderates the effect of imitation (peer delinquency) on delinquent behaviour. The findings highlight important sociological themes that have been neglected historically in scholarly traditions that have elaborated upon and extended Durkheim’s theory of social order. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) European Sociological Review 20 4 271 285 |
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In the present paper, we study the social context of adolescent delinquency in order to examine Durkheim’s theory of social order. We use survey data on urban adolescents in Iceland that allow us to examine key theoretical constructs on both the community and the individual levels of analysis. Our findings lend substantial support to the multi-level nature of Durkheim’s concept of social integration. Using hierarchical linear regression, we show that both community and individual level social integration indicators have negative effects on adolescent delinquency, and that the experience of anomie mediates a substantial part of these effects. Furthermore, the multi-level context of social integration and anomie moderates the effect of imitation (peer delinquency) on delinquent behaviour. The findings highlight important sociological themes that have been neglected historically in scholarly traditions that have elaborated upon and extended Durkheim’s theory of social order. |
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Durkheim's Theory of Social Order and Deviance: a Multi-level Test |
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