CCJ-4614 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blue-Collar Worker, Social Ecology, Anomie
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Not really the individual theories and what they tell us about criminal patterns and behavior but what they tell us generally about them. Talking about the environment its places not people . Social structure -evaluates why some locations and groups have higher crime rates. Social ties ( tied to groups that prevent us from committing acts) Social norms ( we learn the norms of the community) Normes become less applicable ( each group has their own perception of norms) Lead to higher suicide rates- his suicide study showed that it is tied to social ties and intergration. Social pathology ( something that is unnecessary) Robert e. park and ernest w burgess. The first circle is your high rises and your businesses. The second are the poor people who work in the first. Further you get out you get middle and lower crimes. The closer you get in are your lower class blue collar workers.