SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Disorganization Theory, Differential Association, Ideal Type

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Of cial data (crime rates, gures, census reports) to apply to geography. *certain areas of the city are more crime prone. Life history & ethnography (in depth immersive research in a culture) Likens human communities to plant & animal communities, makes 2 observations. *racial, class, other groups affect one another"s daily lives. *groups are affected also by urban environment (natural boundaries like rivers, property values, etc) Invasion: when a new species or organism moves into a new territory. Segregation: plant species are clustered; not much interrelationship. *is this the same for social groups? (i. e family groups, friend groups) Natural areas: species favour natural areas where they ourish. Dominance: relative strength of one group over another. Accommodation: organisms living together in the same space. Succession: accommodation doesn"t always happen; one group may become extinct. *there may be a con ict and the dominant group may succeed.