CRI 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Disorganization Theory, Informal Social Control, Protective Factor
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Attempt to identify differences between communities, collectivities, or social categories with higher and lower rates of crime. Account for variations in crime rates across communities by examining the variations in structural characteristics and conditions of each community. Rates of criminal behavior follow remarkable patterns and regularity over time and concluded that such regularity can be explained only by the characteristics of the group that produced it. Create pressure on surrounding areas to expand further outward themselves. This theory depicted the city graphically as a target, consisting of a series of concentric rings, each ring or zone was delineated by a different function or pattern of activities. As the city grows, each inner ring invades the ring that immediately surrounds it, setting off the process of invasion, domination, and succession. The rates of delinquents were highest near the inner city and decreased outwardly toward the more affluent areas. Department stores, skyscraper office buildings, large hotels, theaters, city government.
