SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Disorganization Theory, Heat Map
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Crime & deviance: west philadelphia is actually bordering the worst neighbourhood, north philadelphia, but west philadelphia has the bad reputation, areas portrayed as the most dangerous are often social media. It takes away the image of the areas that are the most crime ridden. Thesis: neighbourhoods and communities are often socially constructed as in a way that criminogenic does not reflect actual geographic patterns of crime. Outline: social disorganization theory, crime across european neighbourhoods, gentrification. Criminogenic: a system, situation, or place that is likely to cause crime, argument that neighbourhoods cause crime, he had to stay away or leave the neighbourhood period. Assignment tip: pay attention to what your policy both does and does not apply to. And supervision is low: cause you don"t know the kids, we see all these deteriorated housing areas. It"s in the exact opposite direction from what social disorganization would suggest: put these theories in their historical context.
