Citation

Béra M. Durkheimian Studies 2021; 25(1): 204-230.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021)

DOI

10.3167/DS.2021.250109

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Abstract

This article presents the sociological typology of crimes developed by Durkheim for his course in criminal sociology of 1892-1893, of which a complete set of notes by his nephew and student Mauss was found among descendants in 2018. It can be broken down into four types of crimes: ataxic (theft, vagrancy), altruistic (homicide), alcoholic (blows and wounds, insults), anomic (fraudulent bankruptcy, swindling). This original typology in many ways announced the typology of suicides that would appear in 1897, and shows Durkheim's sociological theory at that time, while he was defending his thesis in 1893, at the end of that academic year. It sheds new light on the notions of regulation and integration and suggests the articulation between collective representations and social life, while Durkheim has not yet had his "revelation" (1894-1895). © 2021. Durkheim Press. All Rights Reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

homicide; alcoholism; war; theft; altruism; ataxia; Durkheim; anomie; crimes; alcoolisme; ataxic; ataxie; ataxique; banqueroute frauduleuse; blows and wounds; coups et blessures; délits; escroquerie; fraudulent bankruptcy; misdemeanors; nomadism; nomadisme; robbery; swindling; typologie; typology; vagabondage; vagrancy