SOCL 4461 Chapter : SOCL 4461 Exam 2
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If the risk is too great, the crime won"t be committed: suitable target available, offense and offender, offense-specific crime, offenders will react selectively to the characteristics of an individual criminal act. If you were going to shoplift, what kind of characteristics of the criminal act would you consider: cameras, workers, alarms, the item you"re stealing, offender-specific crime. Chapter 6: social structure theories: development of sociological criminology, quetelet and durkheim, quetelet. Chicago: sociological positivism, scientific study of sociology, the intellectual basis of criminology, research began in the early twentieth century. 7: concentric zones, distinct ecological areas in the city, comprising a series of five concentric circles, or zones, 1. Transitional zone: recent immigrant groups, deteriorated housing, factories, abandoned buildings, 3. Working class zone: single family tenements, 4. Residential zone: single family homes, yards/garages, 5. 9: an anomic society is one where rules of behavior (values, customs, norms) have broken down or become inoperative due to rapid social change or crisis, ex.
