He developed a functionalist perspective of crime, claiming that it is actually necessary because criminal behavior promotes clarification of the moral boundaries that define society.

He developed a functionalist perspective of crime, claiming that it is actually necessary because criminal behavior promotes clarification of the moral boundaries that define society.

Susan Stedman Jones, Functionalism of Mind and Functionalism of Society: The Concept of Conscience and Durkheim's Division of Social Labour, Durkheimian Studies / Études Durkheimiennes, New Series, ...

A recent review essay of three books on effective schooling stated that the literature on school effectiveness largely adopts a functionalist view of society and schooling and the field of inquiry is ...