CRMN 2850U Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Social Disorganization Theory

• School: UOIT
• Department: Criminology-and-Justice
• Course: CRMN 2850U
• Professor: Jordan Harel

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Week 5 the chicago school of criminology. Social structural theories: crime = how society is organized, disregard for biological or psychological variation. Modern structural perspectives on crime: affected by: Industrial revolution: his work has strong theoretical ties to: Social disorganization theory - (cid:862)first distinct sociological theory of crime(cid:863) (cid:894)barlo(cid:449) & kauzlari(cid:272)h, (cid:1009)(cid:1008)(cid:895) Viewed as the first distinct sociological theory of crime. Merto(cid:374)(cid:859)s theor(cid:455) of a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie chicago school of criminology: also referred to the ecological school, early example: bringing together theory with scientific analysis. Cultural context: chicago 1800s and early 1900s: chicago in the 19th century = fastest growing city in u. s. history. Growth due to central geographic position: earl(cid:455) to (cid:373)id (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. Many large cities had no formal social agencies: urbanization. Communities were responsible for solving own problems: Late (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s language and cultural barriers made solving problems difficult. Result = chaos, normlessness: durkheim - rapid urbanization/industrialization led to anomie.