SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Reaction Formation, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Differential Association

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

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Sociological criminologist: study group characteristics (social class, gender, age, culture, etc. ) Founding father of sociology (max weber and karl marx) Using official statistics from european countries, he found that differences in suicide rates were the result of individuals having weak ties to their community= (anomie) Anomie= people with weak ties are more likely to commit suicide. Park and burgess (1967) observed that crime in chicago was geographically patterned. 2)-zone of transition: recent immigrants tend to settle, industrial area, deteriorated housing, and abandoned houses. 3)-zo(cid:374)e of i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)t workers" ho(cid:373)e: single families, high rises, town homes, working class individuals blue collar jobs. 4)-zone of better residence: single family homes, yards and garages, larger homes, bigger properties, example: toronto homes (million dollar homes), peaceful and calm area. High delinquency rates caused by the types of neighborhoods in which youth grow up. Social disorganization is responsible for crime (specifically juvenile) High rates of population turnover (people moving in and out of the area)