SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Domestic Disturbance, Class Conflict, Environmental Design

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Graham Brown

Document Summary

Crime on the basis of spatial distribution (geography and crime) aka crime is not random. Park and burgess: ecological explanation of crime (crime and the environment), concentric zones, crime in zones of transition , inability of immigrants to successfully integrate into a new culture. The concentric zone model: central business district, transitional zone: deteriorated housing, factories, abandoned buildings, working class zone: single family tenements, residential zone: single family homes, yards/garages, commuter zone: suburbs. Crime concentrated in the zones of transition in chicago (low incomes, substandard housing, etc. ) New immigrants have few social ties + Lack of controls over youth = juvenile delinquency. Criticism, legacy of social disorganization theory of crime: Criticisms: concentric zones clearly don"t apply to all cities, street crime not necessarily concentrated in these zones of transition , crime clearly not limited to the socially disenfranchised, juvenile delinquency not limited to inner city.