Sociology 2266A/B Midterm: Chapter 8 Study Guide

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2266A/B
• Professor: Kim Luton

Document Summary

A sub discipline of criminology that studies how elements of the physical and social environment interact to create a criminal environment. Assumed that particular characteristics of the physical and social environment can precipitate crime. Human behaviour is a product of the social environment and that the environment defines the boundaries of our cultural values and behaviour. Sees deviance and crime as consequences of a breakdown of social control in environments characterized by social and economic instability. Quality of community life directly influences the crime rate of that community. Individual properties or traits are not the main causes of crime. Retail trade, light manufacturing etc: zone 2. An area of cheap, run down housing and growing number of factories: zone 3. It"s the (cid:395)uality a(cid:374)d a(cid:373)(cid:271)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the community in which the individuals live. High mobility (residents moving in and out of the area)