SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Elijah Anderson
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Thursday, september 27, 2018. Since others engage, other individuals will participate in the behavior because they don"t think they will be caught since other people are doing it too. Social capital: nothing to do with geography, money. Trusting relationships that allow you to support each other, trusting community. The resources transmitted through social ties, not the ties per se, that are key to facilitating social control. Such resources include obligation, info, trust and norms. The process of activating or converting social ties amount neighbourhood residence to achieve collective goals such as public order or the control of crime. Increase social capital and collective efficacy as the zones go out e. g. 3-5. A lot of places don"t belong to anyone- we have increased levels of disorder and will increase levels of fear and crime. People may not want to live in these areas due to the disorganization and the fear that is associated that is associated.