CRI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Control Theory, Informal Social Control, No Introduction
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The chicago school: a new unit of analysis research methods; Most of our theories are individually based: social learning theory, social bonding theory (low. Macro level theories: deterrence (ineffective justice system causes crime) *mezzo unit of analysis (new): deterrence (individuals look at the pros/cons, biology, southern subculture of. Theory (post wwii: social disorganization theory, [code of the streets (1990s), policy implications, empirical evidence, collective ef cacy. Quantitative (mapping: both are forms of data, important b/c you can view quantitative as a sort of check on the theory; without qualitative it"s hard to explain the theory, 3. Live close together: smaller than city, know each other. Demographically similar race / values / beliefs / politics / world views. The early 20th century saw the emergence of a totally new type of explanation of crime: turned away from explaining crime through individual-level factors or society-wide social structure factors, among 1st to focus on physical environment.
