CRIM 101 Lecture 8: Week 8 Notes_Crim101_F13
8 Dec 2017
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Week 8: the meaning of crime: social structure perspective. Overview: premise of sociological theories, origins: the chicago school and social ecology, modern legacies, further development: anomie and strain. Subcultures as a social product: sociological theories & the chicago school. Crime i a re ult of an individual" location within the tructure of ociety. Crime is the end product of various social processes, especially inappropriate. Socialization and social learning: sociology and criminology are highly interrelated, many of the ideas in criminology came from the field of sociology, until recently, criminology was a sub-discipline of sociology, and was usually subsumed under the sociology department. Park and burgess- concentric city zones society has a major influence on behaviour. Laborers putting in 12 hour days, 6 days a week. Burge " concentric )one theory: urban development is patterned socially, stated that cities grow in concentric rings. Loop-central business district (close to transportation network): residential zones on outskirts away from crowding, noise, pollution.
