CCJS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Protestantism, State Terrorism, Egotism

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 105
• Professor: Jeremy Simpson

Document Summary

Subcultural theories: cloward & ohlin (different types of delinquency based on the neighborhood) Miller: conditions of lower class life, delinquency was a product of a different value system, focal concerns (trouble, toughness, smartness, excitement, fate, autonomy, constantly in trouble, teachers. Industry: police, toughness, smartness, protect yourself, excitement. Social disorganization and control theories: shaw and mckay (chicago and other us cities, social disorganization. City = ecological organism : changes and adapts in a process of center outward invasion, dominance, and succession (park and. Concentric circle (overhead), growth from center outward: premise: crime rooted in social disorganization, used maps and official statistics, found crime highest in zone of transition areas closest to center city (overhead) This was stable, even after complete turnovers of the population. Area also higher in other kinds of population and ecological ills : anomie (social change and urban growth produce slum conditions in transition areas), breakdown in control parents lose control over children.