Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sociological Perspectives, Social Disorganization Theory, Anomie

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Kim Luton

Document Summary

The human ecological school of criminology: shaw and mckay"s social disorganization theory. Quality of community life directly influences the crime rate of that community. Individual properties or traits are not the main causes of crime. It"s the (cid:395)uality a(cid:374)d a(cid:373)(cid:271)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)iduals li(cid:448)e. High mobility (residents moving in and out of the area) Anomie is a state of deregulation, breakdown, or normlessness in society, usually attributed to decreased homogeneity. Two propositions are central to durkheim"s thesis: social organization is necessary to keep undesirable humans tendencies in check, where social order breaks down and social norms lose their influence, anomie develops and crime increases significantly. Anomie: lack of norms and clear social standards. 2 elements of culture interact to create potential anomic conditions: culturally defined goals, socially-approved means of obtaining them. The lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:272)lass people ha(cid:448)e the (cid:373)ost st(cid:396)ai(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e the fu(cid:374)ds to do things in society and make themselves better.