SOC211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: W. I. Thomas, Acculturation, Social Disorganization Theory
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Concentric zone theory robert ezra park & burgess* The zones were called ecological zones = b/c they"re subject to ecological pressures. Certain ppl live in certain areas that and are pressured by certain ecological forces/processes. Wherever there is movement, the zone is in a state of reorganization this happens more often in areas that are more ecologically deprived; the loop and zone of transition. Transformation: peasant to city bringing more immigrants from villages to urban. Communal influences: steady & consistent family, peers, church maintain control in steady and consistent manners. City: inconsistent, conflictual, disorganized the city doesn"t enforce control as effectively. This creates conflict between the immigrant: influence by maintaining control from communal forces, but city"s disorganization also pushes individual to offend. Capitalist & industrial: mobility, competition, and individualistic ideology. Disintegration: large family & homogenous neighborhoods = informal social control. Individuals are more likely to engage in systematic crime & delinquency. Deviance = systematic & spatially distributed not random.
