In Émile Durkheim's view,

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Question restatement: In Émile Durkheim's view, which statements about deviance and social order are accurate?

Option 1: 'the punishments established within a culture help define acceptable behavior and thus contribute to social stability.' This aligns with Durkheim's functionalist perspective, which argues that shared norms and the social responses to deviance (including punishment) reinforce collective consciousness and social stability by clarifying boundaries and reaffirming what is acceptable.

Option 2: 'labeling an individual is the most crucial stage in that person's becoming deviant.' This statement reflects labeling theory, associated with scholars like Howard Becker, not Durkheim. Durkheim did not emphasize deviance as a process driven primarily by labeling; his focus was on how institutions and collective norms maintain social order.

Option 3: 'people accept or reject the goals of a society and/or the socially approved means to fulfill their aspirations.' This describes Merton's strain theory, which examines the legitimacy of goals and the means to achieve them and how deviations arise when expectations clash with available means. It is not a Durkheimian argument.

Option 4: 'the punishments established within a culture help define acceptable behavior, and people accept or reject the goals of a society.' This combines two ideas: the role of punishment in defining norms (Durkheimian) and the acceptance/rejection of societal goals (a focus more characteristic of strain/modern functionalist explanations). While the first part fits Durkheim, the second part aligns with other theories and thus makes this statement inconsistent as a pure Durkheimian claim.

In summary, the first option accurately reflects Durkheim's view on how punishment helps define norms and contributes to social stability, whereas the other options describe ideas associated with other theoretical perspectives (labeling theory or Merton’s strain theory) and do not represent Durkheim's position in full. The reasoning above highlights how each choice corresponds to different sociological frameworks and why they are considered correct or incorrect within the Durkheimian lens.

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