SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Disorganization Theory, Anomie, Connected Education

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Social structure theories of crime looking at large scale. Human ecology model - biological sciences - a plant in their environment, how the environment changes over time. They tried to apply this to humans. A change in the system can change another part of the system. Urban/city - going to compete for resources, valuable land. City of chicago - how the city became constructed. Zone 1: business core/loop (the most expensive land, typically only commerce, industry, gov"t can afford to be there - banks, stores, buildings, hotels, city hall, public transport, etc. ) Zone 3: the working class/residential zone - inexpensive, 2-3 family dwelling zones - ethnic, religious ties (little italy, china town) Zone 4: residential/middle class residential zone - single family, houses - small businesses - doctors, dentists, lawyers - better lit than zone 2 and 3. Zone 5: commuter zone - suburbia - most affluential people - commute into the city for work - bigger properties.