SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Male Unemployment, Infant Mortality
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The social ecology school: sampson, violent crime rates among blacks in urban areas, differential exposure of blacks in the u. s. to criminogenic structural conditions, collective efficacy , immigration and crime. The killer at thurston high: despite his insanity plea, he had tremendous guilt, he clearly knew what he was doing, he was competent to make that decision. Explanations of criminal behavior: started at university of chicago in 1920s, beginning of whole area of study of crime, delinquency theory originated here, 2 different models, social disorganization, cultural deviance. 2: because of a lot of social disorganization in the community and neighborhoods, certain things don"t get translated perfectly, draws on control theory. Strain theory: looking at the disjuncture between culturally induced values and the ways in which people can get to it. Shaw + mckay: significantly influenced by environment and development in life of city of chicago in.
