SOC 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Social Control Theory, Social Disorganization Theory, Ecological Fallacy

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2510
• Professor: Linden

Document Summary

Early social disorganization theories exploring the relationship between social structure and deviance. Challenged the view that the sources of crime lay within the individual proposed the structure and culture was responsible for deviant behavior. Disorganized communities did not provide meaningful employment to residents and did not have strong families, schools and churches: lack of social control led to high rates of crime. Concerned with the processes that bind people to the social order. Theories of social disorganization durkheim, thrasher, and shaw and mckay. Earliest theories explained how some types of social structure led to high rates of crime. The importance of social bonds to our understanding of deviant behavior: social bonds: the degree to which an individual has ties to his or her society. Hirschi"s theory, social bonds include attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief. Egoistic suicide: persons social ties are so weak that he or she is freed from social constraints and acts only on the basis of private interests.