CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Informal Social Control, White-Collar Crime, Social Disorganization Theory
22 Oct 2016
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Chicago grew rapidly to supply cheap labor, mass immigration. Rise of tech during industrial revolution displaced workers. O(cid:271)ser(cid:448)atio(cid:374) that (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e (cid:449)as (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)trated i(cid:374) the (cid:862)slu(cid:373)s(cid:863) Shift from biology to sociology: german scholars focused on social and cultural influences of behavior, rise of anthropology placed emphasis on culture, not biology. Shift of sociology as a discipline: sociologists were attempting to shift the discipline from philosophical to scientific study. Group of sociologists at the university of chicago. Emphasizes the connection btwn the natural environment and behavior. View the city as a natural laboratory. The chicago school often referred to as the school of ecology. Ecology = study of relations and interactions btwn organisms and their environment. Cities are like a large organism with a sense of unity based on interrelations among people in the city. Cities are symbiotic: people are dependent on each other. Cities contain natural areas, which take on a life of their own.
