SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Five Techniques, Volstead Act, Loan Shark

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Little italy: zone 4 residential, middle class area (more expensive, small business offices, better lighting than zone 3, zone 5 commuter zone (most affluent, commutes into city to work, suburbia, bigger properties and houses) Highest rates of crime were in zone 2 (social controls were weakened/severed which caused more illegal conduct, new immigrants, no connections, disorganization) Move out less crime (none in commuter zones) Policing send more police into zone 2. Provide communities in zone 2 to encourage more social organization. Better connected, to have a stake in the community (improve schools and education and improve quality of life build recreations services, provide better ties) Study on suicide (shows its not just individual) Suicide rates vary from country to country (linked it to religion) Catholic countries of italy, spain had lower rates than protestant england and. Not individual decision to engage in suicide but has a social component. Probably higher in protestant countries (less problematic)