CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Crime Survey For England And Wales
15 Mar 2016
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Social disorganization theory: sometimes referred to as environmental criminology, ecological criminology, or social ecology, examines relationship between people and their environment, foundation for community structure and crime: testing social-disorganization. Theory, and economic deprivation and neighbour crime rates. Socially disorganized areas: crime is not the only social problem in crime-ridden areas, usually have unemployment, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism. The good part of town: usually characterized by low rates of crime, absence of social problems found in socially disorganized areas. Influence of the chicago school: city of chicago grew from 4,000 residents in 1833 to 2,000,000 residents in. 1910, principally through immigration: led to rapid social changes associated with urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. Concentric zone model: concentric zone model, park and burgess were urban sociologists, said that cities expanded outwards, started with central business district. Shaw and mckay: shaw and mckay, demonstrated that zones in transition.
