CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Human Geography, System On A Chip, Fallacy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Ecological perspectives: the chicago school, reflection, safe place. Focus of perspectives/theories: demonic / classical / biopositivism = factors inside the person , sociological positivism= factors outside the person sociological factors social environment shapes human beh different ways of defining soc env. Social ecology theories: pathological conditions of communities & neighbourhoods, crime = environmental issue. Environment = physical (design; geographic), social and cultural context of human activity. = interrelation between organisms and their natural environment. Social / human ecology = humans & their community. Deterministic interpretation: people = normal / situations = different. = method of research used by chicago school theorists. = people obey rules ( motivation: disorganized areas. Centralization (1) distribution of downtown core of the infrastructure(2) government. Chicago school = sociological diagnosis for instability resulting from changes. Rapid rates of social change make it impossible to maintain consensus & coordination. Assimilate disorganized people: *but, different ways to organize our / their world.