CRIM 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Juvenile Delinquency
25 Sep 2017
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Very important to criminology: used in geography of crime, moving towards the nature of the crime itself. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Places that are not able to establish a common set of values and a sense of community. A study of rates of delinquency in relation to differential characteristics of local communities in. Areas that are losing pop have higher delinquency rate. Delinquency rates and families on relief, r = 0. 89. Delinquency rates and home ownership, r = -0. 49. The closer to -1 or +1 have the strongest correlation. No change in chicago crime rates, 1929-1934: great depression. Increased 10-fold: relative status of neighborhood that is related to crime, delinquency rates did not change, poverty does not cause crime in that area. Not really: place and social conditions that are related to delinquency. Your neighborhood impacts you in a probabilistic sense.
