CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alcoholism, Environmental Criminology, Social Ecology
3 Feb 2017
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Crim 104 - lecture 5 - social disorganization part ii. Social disorganization theorists & researchers interested in spatial distribution of crime. Notion that distribution of crime not random but patterned. Social problems are highly correlated w/ crime. Usually characterized by low rates of crime. Absence of social problems found in socially disorganized areas. Areas characterized by low levels of what happens in bad part of town. Crime not only social problem in crime-ridden areas. Contributions to breakdown of informal social controls. Due to dysfunctional families, no neighbourhood stability. Residents unable to solve own problems/achieve community goals. Chicago school tradition of studying r/s b/w crime & ecology re-emerged in 1980s. Title of 1989 work by sampson & groves. Re-test of shaw & mckay"s original social disorganization theory. Previous macro-level research in crime and delinquency has relied primarily on census data that rarely provide measures for the variables hypothesized to mediate the relationship between community structure and crime (pg108)
