Research On Durkeim Criminology Thought

Durkeim criminology thought has its certain time background. Tt is the appearance of the 19th century French revolution happened, France high speed industrialization and the European Renaissance influences.Therefore, for their criminal theory research of the problem, they has laid the solid foundation. Durkeim anatomizes the criminology thought that is absorbed in many valuable ideas and insight from predecessors and contemporary. Durkeim pioneers a new century of crime sociology prosperity. In order to make a positive analysis to explain crime and the crime theory system of punishment. Durkeim criminology thought is based on the viewpoint of sociology to study crime, around individual and society, function analysis,such as breakthrough point of crime, anomie, social solidarity, the collective consciousness, moral problems. Durkeim anatomizes the criminology thought mainly in four aspects: social anomie and crime, criminal normal theory, crime function theory, penalty. Durkeim thinks, anomie is that the social produces a morbid state after organic society .The state will lead to different social evils, including crime. Crime is the behavior ,for lacking of appropriate social adjustment norms, and personal desire to infinity or using improper way to meet ,that breaks the strong collective consciousness. Durkeim regards crime is inevitable.It is a normal phenomenon in every society. Also ,he points out that crime is needed to social phenomenon.The reason is that crime plays a very important function.But Durkeim dialectically points out that crime is a pathological form in social phenomenon.So he puts forward the corresponding countermeasures, using suppression laws and protecion laws to maintain social unity.Durkeim criminology thought is the main part of 19th century social criminology .It has an important influention on 20th century western crime sociology research . His many opinions influence subsequent crime ecology, strain theory, control theory and social response theory and so on many crime theories and research to formate. Durkeim criminology thinks , such as the legal sanction form, social order and crime, the relations between moral consciousness, still has important practical significance even in modern, worthing to learn and to use for reference. Especially in modern ,China is the society period in constructing socialist harmonious.How to prevent and control the occurrence of crime, studying and researching durkeim criminology thought for our preventing and controling crime provides important theoretical guidance.