CRIM 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Peer Pressure, Elijah Anderson, Homicide
18 Apr 2018
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Individual level theories cannot easily account for crime. Social structure: environment. the pattern of social interaction and social relationships in a group or society. The legacy of durkheim: durkheim felt that human nature is selfish. Emphasized the importance of structure: aspirations: strong desires or longings. The connection among individuals or individuals and social institutions such as families and schools: help us develop social norms, believed suicide was influenced by outside sources (suicide rates higher among. Protestants than catholics) (married people have more social ties and, therefore, lower suicide rates): anomie: as developed by emile durkheim. A state of normalessness in society in which aspirations that previously were controlled now become unlimited. Studied crime in chicago: found that even though the demographics in the inner zones were changing, delinquency stayed in the inner zones. Delinquency decreased as one moved away from the inner city: conclusion: ethnic group characteristics are not responsible for crime.
