LS227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Social Control Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, Fallacy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS227
• Professor: Vanessa Iafolla

Document Summary

We can say that our social environment is an ecology. Despite the races of the people moving into the slum, the delinquency stayed the same. The ecological features of the neighbourhood lead to delinquency. This failure is blamed on social institutions within the neighbourhood because the social controls were weak. Deviance is not about the pathology of the individual. Social disorganization of communities leads to deviance. Social disorganization is critical for the development of deviance. Three variables of social disorganization (contribute to the nature of the slum) If people are constantly moving in and out, no one is invested in the well being of the neighbourhood. New comers, ecological and economic social marginalization, immigrants. People with different values are living in the same place, people will be concerned with looking after their own people, not the neighbourhood. The inference that socio-economic status correlates with criminal behaviour. Generalizing from the neighbourhood to the individual.