CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Relative Deprivation, Social Learning Theory, Jordan Belfort
22 Feb 2015
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Definition of metatheories/ unit theories/ macrotheories/ microtheories/ bridging theories (in week 2"s notes) Ans: relative deprivation as a response to double standard. Earlier theories of crime: located the source of crime within the individual, the soul, the body, the mind, the genes, did not really look at influence of social environment. Social context of the chicago school: cities grew at rapid rate during later half of 1800s, 1790-1890: urban population increased 139 times, chicago: 4,100 residents in 1833; one million in 1890; two million in 1910. The culture of the dream did not even matter: believed that social reform was the answer, believed that the government could be trusted to carry it out. The ecological school : chicago school also referred to as the ecological school, because of its. The web of life particular environment: symbiosis = mutual interdependence, necessary for organisms to survive in a, also have invasion, dominance and succession (balance of natural changes)
