Kai Erikson's View of Crime in Society

Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Sociology - Law, Delinquency, Abnormal Behavior, grade: 2.1 (British scale), The University of York, course: Sociology with Criminology, language: English, abstract: This paper will attempt to evaluate Kai Erikson's functionalist criminological perspective in his work 'Wayward Puritans', and will determine to what extent deviance in society is an important condition in preserving the stability of social life.