CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Elijah Anderson, Upward Bound, Job Corps
6 Dec 2016
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Mixed-use neighbourhood (e. g. , residential and commercial side-by-side) High unemployment, single-parent families, dependence on social assistance, Examples of social disorganization theory: concentric zone theory (shaw and mckay) Response to rapid immigration and urban deterioration (cid:862)natu(cid:396)al a(cid:396)eas(cid:863) of po(cid:448)e(cid:396)ty. Transitional neighbourhood: high population turnover, disintegration of traditional cultures. Industrialization of the area: defenceless against crime invasion. Examples of social disorganization theories: the social ecology school. Community deterioration: disorder, poverty (neighbourhoods with deserted houses, burned down houses etc. have higher crime rates), alienation, fear of crime. Community fear - disorganized neighbourhoods suffer social and physical incivilities. Rowdy youth, trash and litter, graffiti, abandoned storefronts, burned-out buildings, littered lots, strangers, drunks, loiterers, prostitutes, congestion, angry words, dirt, and stench. These incivilities convince residents that their neighbourhood is dangerous and they face a chance of becoming crime victims. People dread leaving their homes at night and withdraw from community life.
