The Sociology of Social Problems: The Problem of Social Order
The Sociology of Social Problems: The Problem of Social Order
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社会问题社会学：社会秩序问题
DOI：
10.1017/cbo9780511819629.010
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发表时间：
1998
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通讯作者：
Luisa Nocella
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作者：
A. Jamrozik;Luisa Nocella
所有社会问题都对社会中的主导社会秩序构成潜在或直接的威胁。社会秩序问题是社会的根本关切，因为维持社会秩序对社会作为一个社会、政治和经济单位的运作至关重要。然而，对社会秩序的追求也是立法和执法过程中产生的社会问题的根源。这些过程由立法机构、司法系统、警察、教养系统以及大量机构和职业，如社会工作、心理学、精神病学、宗教团体和各种“志愿”组织执行。然而，从更广泛的角度来看，维持社会秩序在不同程度上是所有社会制度的固有组成部分。社会秩序是一个万年青社会问题，是社会生活不可或缺的重要组成部分。相应地，最具威胁性的社会状况之一-被认为是最严重的社会问题-是一种带有或被认为带有“社会秩序崩溃”威胁的状况。在最严重的情况下，社会秩序的崩溃是对安全、财产（公共财产、私人财产或两者）甚至生命本身的威胁。这种情况的极端形式是卢旺达、索马里、利比里亚和尼日利亚所经历的情况。
All social problems contain a threat, either potential or direct, to the dominant social order in society. The issue of social order is of fundamental concern to society, as the maintenance of social order is essential to society's functioning as a social, political and economic unit. Yet the pursuit of social order is also a source of social problems that arise out of law making and law enforcement processes. These processes are carried out by legislative bodies, the justice system, the police, the correctional system, and a plethora of agencies and occupations such as social work, psychology, psychiatry, religious bodies, and a variety of ‘voluntary’ organisations. In a broader perspective, however, the maintenance of social order is to a varying degree an inherent part of all social institutions. Social order is an ever-present, evergreen social issue – an integral and essential part of social living. Correspondingly, one of the most threatening social conditions – perceived as the most serious social problem – is a condition that carries or is seen to carry the threat of the ‘breakdown of social order’. At its most serious, the breakdown of social order represents a threat to security, to property (public, private, or both), and even to life itself. Extreme forms of this would be situations like those experienced in Rwanda, Somalia, Liberia and Nigeria.