SOC 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Georg Simmel, Marginal Man, Social Disorganization Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2112
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

Studied under george simmel 1899-1900 in berlin introduction to the science of sociology (1911) the city- suggestions for the study of human nature in the urban environment (1925) Helped establish the chicago school - erving goffman was also a part of this - social interactions, micro sociology, urban sociology and criminology. Pioneer in urban sociology - esp immigrations and migration studies and rade. Study of people in their social environment. Predicted that cities would take the form of five concentric rings with areas of social and physical deterioration concentrated . Social disorganization theory look at the social factor as the dominant factor of crime the high turnover of people in the zone of transition resulted in the idea of social disorganization. A lack of clear, moral, guidelines deriving from a settled, stable, community structure resulted in a lack of information social controls and hence a high rate of crime. Sociological explanation of higher crime rate rather than individualistic.