CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Critical Criminology, Structural Functionalism, Labeling Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Carlos Ponce

Document Summary

Will only focus on content after the mid-term. Roots of sociological approaches to crime and deviance. Reaction to karl marx and the positivist school. Certain amount of crime is normal and serves social function. Contributes to social cohesion and solidarity (us vs them) Structural functionalism: society is natural and organic, which does what it has to survive. Society is based on consensus (norms, values and beliefs) Forces of regulations (laws and social institutions that assure compliance) State of lawlessness, normlessness, or unrestrained ambition, which could lead breakdown in social solidarity. The chicago school - department of sociology (1892) Focus on urban sociology, life histories and community level analysis. Nature of neighbourhood not nature of individual is the primary cause pf crime. Park and burgess (1925) - concentric zone model: Cities = ecological system -> development and organization has a pattern. Patterns of change are comparable to changes in balance of nature.