Diagrams of Theory: Parsons' and Merton's Typology of Deviance

Abstract

<strong>Parson’s and Merton’s Typologies of Deviant Behaviors #</strong> In nearly every undergraduate sociology course, we discussed the mid-century sociological tradition “structural functionalism.” But, for me at least, discussions of Talcott Parsons, the theoretical powerhouse that spearheaded the rise of structural functionalism, was strangely absent from my undergraduate sociology courses.