1. What Cops See And Know
Firstly they see the deviant as different from the rest of the population, he or she is abnormal in a normal population and that the abnormality predisposes him or her to deviance. ... From a sociological point of view, the criminal is as normal as the rest of us. ... Durkheim in his discussion of crime in "The Rules of Sociological Method" argues that crime is an inevitable and normal aspect of social life, that it is present in all types of society but that crime rates are higher in advanced and more industrial societies. ...
Discussions of his experiences in the criminal, and also non-criminal world help to shed light on how Sam has exhibited these theories throughout his life, sometimes unknowingly, because they had just been worked into his everyday routine. ...