CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 50: Social Disorganization Theory, Context-Dependent Memory, Peer Pressure
Document Summary
Social distribution of risk (segments of the population at greatest risk of violent victimization and offending) is heavily influenced by age, sex, race and socio-economic status. Spatial inequality: the unequal distribution of resources and services from one area to another. Neighbourhoods that experience the highest levels of violent crime are also characterized by high and concentrated levels of poverty, racial segregation, population turnover, joblessness, low educational attainment, young people and single-parent families. Compositional effect: the combination of parts that make up something. In neighbourhoods, a compositional effect refers to the aggregate characteristics of individual residents. Data maps: used to track hot spots of crime over time. Contextual effects: levels of violent crime stem from neighbourhood social context. Social disorganization theory: the theory that a breakdown of the networks, norms, and trust that facilitate coordination and cooperation among residents of neighbourhoods can lead to greater crime and violence. Social cohesion: promotes the neighborhood"s capacity to monitor and manage criminogenic situations.
