CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Disorganization Theory, Differential Association, Feminist School Of Criminology

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

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Crime as (cid:862)no(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:863: biological explanations examine inherited biogenetic deficits/abnormalities that are thought to predispose certain individuals to engage in criminal or deviant behaviour (beaver, ratchford & Sociological research questions: psychologists and biologists might ask why certain individuals behave in a criminal or (cid:862)a(cid:271)(cid:374)o(cid:396)(cid:373)al(cid:863) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:396), a(cid:374)d search for clues in their genetic make-up, or personality, sociologists might ask: Mode of adaption cultural goals institutional means criminal: conformity + (accepts) + no. Innovation + (accepts) - yes: ritualism - (rejects) + no, retreatism - (rejects) - yes, rebellion +/- (rejects tries to replace) +/- yes (* maybe on final exam) Zone: residential zone, (cid:894)the co(cid:373)(cid:373)ute(cid:396)s )o(cid:374)e(cid:895) (cid:449)as o(cid:374) the outski(cid:396)ts of to(cid:449)(cid:374), (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:396)efe(cid:396)(cid:396)ed to as (cid:862)the su(cid:271)u(cid:396)(cid:271)s(cid:863) Informal social controls: shaw and mckay observed that social disorganization led to a breakdown in informal social controls. Walte(cid:396) mille(cid:396)"s lo(cid:449)e(cid:396)-class culture: adolescent street gangs in lower class areas have own distinctive set of concerns and values.