CRIM 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Juvenile Delinquency, Burglary, Natural Experiment
26 Apr 2018
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Social disorganization theory (albeit) (sampson and groves were big influencers: 1950s and 1960s but also prominent in 1930s and 1940s. Karl marx pissed that no one understood his work. As economic conditions improve in an area crime rates fall. Clifford shawn and henry mckay (primary developers (never stated there was a direct casual relationship between economic conditions and crimes rates. They said poor economic conditions led to high rates of population turnover. Because of people leaving these towns immigrants bought houses their because houses were cheap. This led to hard time establishing community cohesion. Socially disorganized places are areas that are not able to establish a common set of values and a sense of community because of population turnover and ethnic heterogeneity. Metaphysics: social ecology and the concentric zone model. These used to follow this model until recently after cities started undergoing urban transformations such as gentrification.
