CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Florian Znaniecki, Edwin Sutherland, White-Collar Crime
1 Jun 2016
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Located the source of crime within the individual: the soul [spiritual deficits], the body, the mind [mental deficits], and the genes [genetic structures] Did not usually loo at the influence of social environment. Cities grew at a rapid rate during the later half of the 1800s. Chicago: 4100 residents in 1833, one million in 1890, and two million in 1910. City grew through successive waves of immigrants. Grew through displaced farm workers and blacks moving from rural south. Laborers putting in 12 hour days, 6 days a week. Rejected the social darwinism"s notion that the poor" were biologically inferior. Claimed that people were poor because of social environment. Criticized the human costs of unbridled economic growth. Argued that the american dream did not reach the slums and the ghettos. Believed that the social reform was the answer. Believed that the government should be trusted to carry it out. First school of sociology in the united states.
