SOCIOL 4508 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Disorganization Theory, Informal Social Control, Social Control Theory
15 Feb 2018
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Social disorganization refers to the inability of local communities to realize the common values of their residents or solve commonly experienced problems. Weak structures of formal and informal control decrease the costs associated with deviation within the group, making high rates of crime and delinquency more likely. Residential mobility: _macro-social_ forces interact with local _community-level_ factors. Routine activities are any recurrent and prevalent activities that provide for basic population individual needs, whatever their biological or cultural origins (e. g. formalized work, sexual outlet, leisure, social interaction). The convergence in time and space of these 3 elements of crime, can lead to large increases in crime rates without any increase or change in the structural conditions that motivate individuals to engage in crime. Other premises of routine activities: _exposure_ all else equal, an increase in exposure leads to increase in victimization risk. Classic strain theory merton (1938: an integrated society maintains balance between _social structure_ (approved social means) and _culture_(approved goals).
