SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: White-Collar Crime, Social Disorganization Theory, Organized Crime
16 Feb 2016
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Social structural theories of crime looking at social explanations why people may commit crimes. Chicago school theorists who came up with it came out of the univ. of chicago. Urban/city - looked at chicago"s growth patterns and urban expansion; particular bans that expanded from the middle out; characterized types of people living in chicago; referred to these zones as concentered zones. Zone 2 (the transitional/ transitory zone) next to business core; always in transition; prosperity values are sharply eroded; rent are very cheap / impoverish people; relieved nickname inner city ; ethnic/religious ties to it china town . Zone 3 working class residential zone; inexpensive 2-3 family dwellings; working class families reside here; those who have migrated out of zone 2 and can afford it ethnic and religious ties little italy . Zone 4 middle class residential areas single families professional offices (dentist, doctors); brighter/better lit than downtown (zone 3); Zone 5 most affluent people in chicago commuter zone and.
