SOCI 3810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Atavism, Caveman, Cesare Lombroso
22 Mar 2018
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Routine activities = any recurrent and prevalent activities which provide for basic needs. Increase in labor force participation among married women (by 31%) Proportion of household unattended at 8am (by 50%) Greater in crease in stranger vs. non stranger victimization. Some important ndings using data from 1974. The household activity radio & crime in the us 1947-1974. Low- or mid-rise buildings foster defensible space = term for mechanism that combine to bring environment under the control of residents: defensible space. Image : capacity of design to in uence perception of area as unique, well- maintained, and non-isolated: milieu : location of space within broader urban locale. 2: biological and individual traits may in uence the social environment. Major problem : equal environment assumption (don"t actual measure anything biological. Ellis & walsh : natural selection & crime: crime is, in part, a result of natural selection of certain traits. Primary mechanisms of natural selection : survivability and tness.
