CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Travis Hirschi, Job Corps, Labeling Theory
2 Nov 2017
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Social structure theory: focus on the effects of class stratification in society- different ordering of social based on socioeconomic factors. Focus is on neighborhoods marked by culture conflict, lack of cohesiveness, transiency, and anomie sees how it impacts criminality. Focus is on the strain caused by barriers in reaching goals through legitimate means. Blends in aspects of social disorganization and strain. Certain sets in population, those living in disorganized neighborhoods and strain will set their own subcultural values that are not in line with the rest of society. Criminal behaviour is in conformity to lower-class subcultural values. Transient population (high turnover)-constantly moving residence weakens communication and blocks attempt in establishing a community: mixed-use neighbourhood (e. g. , residential and commercial side-by-side) High unemployment, single-parent families, dependence on social assistance, substandard housing. Examples of social disorganization theory: concentric zone theory (shaw and mckay)
