ÉMile Durkheim Argues That Deviance Allows Us to Understand the Standards

question 109

Multiple Choice

Émile Durkheim argues that deviance allows us to understand the standards of a society.What solution to deviance does he propose?

• A) Allow deviance to flourish and it will burn itself out.
• B) Eliminate all deviance through social cohesion.
• C) Keep deviance in acceptable boundaries.
• D) Legalize certain types of deviance and heavily regulate the rest.
• E) Remove all deviants from society to reestablish the moral order.

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