SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Work Group, Radical Change, Cultural Conflict
3 Apr 2013
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Complete explanation of crime must consider the socio-cultural environments in which people are located. Sociologists look at how patterns of behaviour exist within the social structure. Criminologists look at how criminal patterns exist within soceity, how they can be predicted and how they can be controlled. Sociology examines: sociology is concerned with social change and the dynamic aspects of human behaviour. Concerned with positive human interactions and the costs of negative ones. Social forces operating in urban areas result in populations in some zones or neighbourhoods sharing similar characteristics; some become natural areas for crime. Social stratification: unequal distribution of wealth, power and prestige to their members. Social class: people who have similar wealth, values, attitudes and lifestyle. Upper, middle and lower class: statistics on family poverty. Access to health care, pensions, social security. 16% of children live in poverty (2004) Bolland, feelings of hopelessness increases violence, substance use, sexual behaviour and accidental injury.
