CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Urban Renewal, Peer Pressure, Crime Survey For England And Wales
9 Mar 2016
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Sdt: environmental criminology, ecology criminology, social ecology. 2. foundation of community structure and crime: testing social disorganization theory and economic deprivation and neighbourhood crime rates- 1980s. Re-emergence of the chicago school tradition tradition of studying relationship between ppl and env reemerged in 1980s. Community structure and crime: sampson and groves retest of shaw, mckay"s sdt. Problems with official crime rate: previous studies rely on official crime rate. Official delinquency rates reflect ecological biases in official reaction to delinquent behaviour": lower economic status communities may have higher delinquency rates because police concentration is greater there compared with higher status area. Collective efficacy- robert sampson to have high level of social organization. 1: collective efficacy, ability of community members to assist each other and trust each other, higher degree of social cohesion and social control c. residents take responsibility for maintaining social order. 3. lost when there is disrupt/ breakdown in informal mechanisms of control.
