SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ernest Burgess, Social Disorganization Theory, Anomie
18 Feb 2016
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Should police associations and unions have sway in drafting police policy?- conflict of interest, we pay their salaries, they should be accountable to us. Strain theory (social control perspective: looks at crime as the result of the person"s location within the structure of society. Created a model of crime that envisaged rings of a city going outwards. Each circle" represents a different part of the city. 3% of specific areas account for 50% of all calls to police. Overpopulation= overcrowding= more people on streets, including children (6) lawrence sherman- study in minneapolis. If you take action, it shows order, which makes the person a harder target: strain theory- merton. Anomie encompasses what a society in crisis is (ie alienation, normlessness, etc. ). Merton saw strain in relation to material goods. Anomie is the breakdown between institutional means and cultural goals of society. An illegitimate pathway is one that is regarded by society as wrong.
