CRIM 300W Lecture Notes - Social Disorganization Theory, Social Ecology, Geographic Profiling
30 May 2013
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Routine activities theory: influence of social ecology and social disorganization. Overview of social ecology and the chicago"s school"s contribution=social disorganization. Historical overview: chicago school, social ecology, concentric zone theory (park and. Adopted/adapted by shaw and mckay: social disorganization theory (macro theory) Focus: geographic and spatial distribution of crimes rates +social problems vs. criminality of individuals (units of analysis in neighbourhoods, cities, states, countries. Sft: lack of community cohesion, limited social control, high crime areas, high rates of offending (transmission of offending, traditions passed onto youth. Crime/deviance occurs in the absence of community effort to prevent it: breakdown of informal controls. Focus: on the criminogenic nature of the environment (which produces crime/deviance) vs. the individual (micro-focus) Re-emergence in the 80s-elaboration of early work by park and burgess and shaw and. Key concepts: collective efficacy the ability of community members to trust and assist each other informal controls.
