Durkheim social facts?

Question

Can anyone give me examples of apparent social facts and how they could be oberved so I can get a better understanding.

Answer 1

Oh okay, how about his theory of the normality of crime then?

Durkheim believed that crime is normal because there has been no society in history where some level of crime was not present, and it was functional because it served to reinforce social norms. Crime will always be present, even in a city of saints there would be crime. The activities and behaviours of those that were not widely understood would come to be understood as crime because it would create an otherness and difference which would lead to criminalization of these acts. Thereby enforcing social norms and creating an informal "law" against certain behaviours or activities.

Any help, or did you know this one too? lol

Answer 2

What about durkheim's theory of "normlessness".

and how this has effected society over the last 30 - 40 years.

Do we still live in this "society of normlessness" or have we improved our vision of the world.  

I think you would find many examples on both sides of the debate and come up with a greater observasion of the worlde.