Emile Durkheim and the Collective Consciousness of Society A Study in Criminology challenges conventional thinking on the use of Durkheims key concept of the collective consciousness of society and represents the first ever booklength treatment of this underexplored topic. Operating from both a criminological and sociological perspective Kenneth Smith argues that Durkheims original concept must be sensitively revised and updated for its real relevance to come to the fore. This study puts forwar