CRM 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Urban Renewal, Centretown, Fallacy

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

Document Summary

Might be a location from small town to larger town, or neighbourhoods or for some people their own home, might be unlimited for a person to be able to leave that area. O(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al positivis(cid:373) = fa(cid:272)tors (cid:862)outside the perso(cid:374)(cid:863) social environment shapes human behaviour: sociological factors, different ways of defining social environment. Social ecology theories: pathological conditions of communities & the neighbourhoods, crime = environmental issues. Enviroment = physical, social and cultural context of human activity. Ecology = interrelation between organisms and their natural environment. Crime= uneven geographical distribution - some areas have higher crime rates then others. Social disorganizaion = 1 example of ecological theory. Explanation of crime = areas where people live. Deterministic interpretation: people = normal / situations = different. = method of research used by chicago school theorists. Orga(cid:374)ized areas = people o(cid:271)ey rules (cid:894) (cid:373)otivatio(cid:374)(cid:895) sense of responsibilities, personal relationships, translate into us and what we do. (safe space to maintain)