SOCY 3550 Lecture Notes - Concentric Zone Model, Oscar Lewis, Social Disorganization Theory
Document Summary
Lower class people in deprived economic conditions have their own set f values and they conflict with conventional society: results: persons and family permanently at bottom position of stratification, entrenched underclass , little chance for upward social mobility. Zone 3: suburbs/transitional: ghetto , highest crime rates. Why geographical areas differ in delinquency rates. Social conditions in high delinquency areas: economy and industrial structures > influence on rise of delinquent behavior than social life. Cause of crime due to changing urban environmental factors that weaken community control over behavior: disorganized areas, divergent values, transitional populations. Deviant behavior and conformist behavior product of social structure. Culturally defined goals: goals that people feel are worth striving for, there are acceptable means to achieve these goals, referred to as institutionalized means. General strain theory: negative affective states: adverse emotions, anger, frustration, disappointment, response: may result in criminal behavior.
