CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Concentric Zone Model, Talcott Parsons
4 Mar 2019
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Social disorganization theory: 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- Crime is patterned: social disorganization theorists and researchers are interested in the. "spatial" distribution of crime: notion that distribution of crime is not randomit is patterned, social problems like unemployment, poverty and run-down housing are highly correlated with crime. Socially disorganized areas: crime is not the only social problem in crime-ridden areas, usually have unemployment, unemplyment, mental illness, drug addiction, alcoholism. The good part of town: usually characterized by low rates of crime, absence of social problems found in socially disorganized area. Concentric zone model: concentric zone model, park and burgess were urban sociologists, said that cities expanded outwards, started with central business district. Shaw and mckay: shaw and mckay, demonstrated that zones in transition. Disorganized areas: population density (overcrowding, urbanization, poverty (newly arrived immigrants, migrants from farms and/or.
