SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Differential Association, Urban Sociology, Richard Cloward
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Chicago school of criminology: sometimes called ecological school (urban sociology) Urban + social problems occur because of the population growth (in chicago) Urbanization was the cause of contemporary social problem. Promoted the idea that natural environment is major factor in shaping human behaviour. Affected by environment: not by free will. Clifford shaw + henry d. mackay (1942: crime is due to social causes, look at hos crime has spread over chicago. City grows rapidly in 5 zones: central business district, transitional zone. Displacement of families + immigrants = disorganized. It"s the nature of the neighborhood not the people within. Pro-delinquency attitudes easily learned by youth lack of behavioural mechanism cultural transmission. The habits + knowledge that developed through the situation occur + react to environment. Most ppl learned behaviours that are normalized by the larger body. Children grow up in high crime rates neighborhood: Human behaviours are determined by social + environmental factors.
