CRM 2301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Forces, Ecological Study, Positivism
23 Jan 2017
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Intro to theory: classical and positivist school, chicago school, social ecology (park and burgess) Zones: social disorganization theory (shaw and mckay) Deeper into the communities of zone 2 + 4: differential association theory (edwin sutherland) Level of abstraction: scope covered by theory: marco-theories, micro-theories, bridging theories. Levels of explanation: social vs. psychological vs. biological factors. Theory 2 or 3 phenomena related. Paradigm bigger, is a way of doing research, several theories can come from a paradigm: differential association theory is micro. The chicago school: empirical sociology using ecological study. Social and intellectual contexts: ecological model. Social ecology (park and burgess: natural areas emerges (areas of deviance, the five zones. Shaw and mckay document the ecological impact on human behaviour. Social disorganization: macro social forces interact with local community-level factors. Two types of community: high-rate of delinquency. Contradictory and competing value system: low rate of delinquency. Edwin sutherland: know his 9 propositions. Modification to theory: glasner, burgess and akers.
