What is DURKHEIM's views on crime and deviance?

In every society, there is a range of behaviors that is exhibited by the population. Societies naturally takes the middle as "normal" leaving the ends to be either criminal or saintly.

This is to say that the criminal behavior is only bad because it is labeled as such by the surrounding society.

A good example is to imagine a society of saints. Even though by our standards they are all good, with in this society there would be a range of behaviors. In this society of saints, not covering ones mouth when sneezing could be looked at as criminal or deviant and therefore punishable.