CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentrated Poverty, Contactor

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Vajmeh Tabibi

Document Summary

Called social disorganization theory because they look at the contradicting values. There work focused on these two communities. Communities with low rates of delinquency: uniformity and consistency of conventional values and attitude about child care and conformity to law, desirability of education and leisure-time activities for kids. Kids like and want to go to school: conformity to conventional values are expressed in the presence of associations, clubs, adolescents are not directly exposed to illegal/unconventional activities. They are exposes to dominant values expressed in institutions on daily basis. Adult in these neighbourhood commit illegal activity by not in their own community: (cid:862)cog(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)ape(cid:863) ( a(cid:373)pso(cid:374) a(cid:374)d wilson) Communities with high rate of delinquency: contradictory and competing value system. The(cid:455) do (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e i(cid:374) that (cid:449)a(cid:455) of li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g, (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the hus(cid:271)a(cid:374)d, kids, nice house and dog. The(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the d(cid:396)ea(cid:373) life: delinquency: develop a powerful way of life.