CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dysfunctional Family, Urban Renewal, Crime Survey For England And Wales
11 Dec 2015
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Sometimes referred to as environmental criminology, ecological criminology, or social ecology. Examines relationship between people and their environment. Foundation for community structure and crime: testing social- Social disorganization theorists and researchers are interested in the. Notion that distribution of crime is not random it is patterned. Social problems like unemployment, poverty and run-down housing are highly correlated with crime. Crime is not the only social problem in crime-ridden areas. Usually have unemployment, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Usually characterized by low rates of crime. Absence of social problems found in socially disorganized areas. City of chicago grew from 4,000 residents in 1833 to 2 million residents in 1910, principally through immigration. Led to rapid social changes associated with urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. The chicago school was the first sociology department in the. Often called the ecological school, because several of its core members compared growth of chicago to the natural ecological process of competition.
