SOC102H1 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 Notes
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Routine activity theory: highest crime/victimization where likely offender and suitable targets converge, also where guardians are absent. Population density, both good and bad (what follows is kinda like a review of everything) Good; institutional completeness, weber (best social invention), fischer (subcommunities), increase innovation, increase economic growth. Bad; tonnies, wirth (less social integration and cohesion), simmel (psychological and emotional consequences(effects), social problems if not controlled by political leaders. Thomas); inability of neighbourhood to solve its problems. Hirschi (causes of delinquency); variations in social bonding. Shaw/mckay(response/individuals/situations); delinquency: normal response by normal individuals to abnormal conditions (poverty, unemployement). Key finding; location not personality produces delinquency (same deal as individual effects and neighbourhood effects) Skid row; (the most disorganized locale) found in every city, isolated transient ppl w/ no strong personal networks, money, jobs. 3 characteristics: (1) superficial/transitory contacts due to large amount of ppl (2) high density, strangers (3) diverse/changing populations fuels insecurity, distrust. Alfred kinsey: human sexuality lies on a continuum.
