 Durkheim described how social order was maintained in societies based on two very different forms of solidarity – mechanical and organic – and the transition from more "primitive" societies to advanced industrial societies.Durkheim suggested that in a "primitive" society, "mechanical solidarity", with people acting and thinking alike and with a shared collective conscience, is what allows social order to be maintained.In such a society, Durkheim viewed crime as an act that "offends strong and defined states of the collective conscience" though he viewed crime as a normal social fact.