SOC 2700 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Disorganization Theory, Etiology, Subculture

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Heads up! you can download the whole file, by going to. File download as choosing your format :) Emphasize particular problem and make testable assertions to problem. Rarely testable, best viewed as way of looking at and interpreting reality. Broad, abstract expansions of social structure, with emphasis on rates of crime . Based on assumptions that characterizing society is best. Etiological explanations for individual and small group criminal behavior. Both how social structure operates and how individuals become criminals. Focus on legal statutes, governmental structures and the rights of humans. Focus on pathology using scientific methods to treat and prevent crime. Focus on way society is organized, and how this affects behavior. Explain on how people become criminal or delinquent. Based on assumption that there is agreement in society. Based on assumption that disagreement is common and people hold different values. Can have microtheoretical as some theories focus on individuals. Sociological theories tend to be structurally oriented, and macrotheoretical.