CRI205H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Disorganization Theory, Gunnar Myrdal, Informal Social Control
31 Mar 2018
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Chapter 7: social structure theories: robert ezra park. Lower class = live in poverty: new shift occurring, retired people better off than working class people, people living in poverty made up of new immigrants, aboriginals and families headed by single. Large proportion of canada"s children now live in poverty mothers: when children become adolescents, legitimate opportunities limited. Inequality: driven to desperate measures to cope with economic plight. Social problems found in lower class areas described as epidemic: dropping out of school, becoming teen parents, disadvantages particularly acute for racial minorities. Suggest social forces causing crime begin to affect people while relatively young and continue to influence them throughout life: social forces operating in urban areas must be influencing/controlling behavior. Independent, yet overlapping branches at work within social structure perspective. Focuses on conditions within urban environment affecting crime rates. Institutions of social control can no long carry out functions. Social disorganization: breakdown of social institutions and organizations.
