SOCI 3810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frontal Lobe
10 Feb 2018
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Overall, crime peaked in the 1990"s & has been decreasing since (with some small peaks) Possible explanations for changes crime rates over time: age structure of population, larger aging population growing so crime is decreasing (less young adults to commit crime) b. Immigration: immigrant populations are less likely to commit criminal behaviors than. Ecology of crime: most crime occurs during summer months. Why? juveniles out of school unsupervised; homes are more likely vacant or accessible; more people out during the summer months: murders & robberies more likely during winter. people more likely to have cash & gift; more tension & stress in winter: more crime occurs in large, urban areas. greater poverty; lack of resources; greater mobility (more people walking, public transportation, house mobility); familiarity with neighborhood violence: higher crime rates in south & west. higher poverty rates (crime increasing with lower status); larger income gap. Gender, age, & race and crime: gender gap.
