Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Labeling Theory, Differential Association, Symbolic Interactionism
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Consistent and stable patterns of social interaction. A sub discipline of criminology that studies how elements of the physical and social environment interact to create a criminal environment. Retail trade, light manufacturing etc: zone 2. An area of cheap, run down housing and growing number of factories: zone 3. Shaw and mckay"s social disorganization theory: the more stable and homogeneous the neighborhood was, the greater likelihood of a stable community, high rates of delinquency in zone 2 reflected social disorganization theory. High mobility (residents moving in and out of the area) Socially learned behaviour that is passed down from one generation to another. Anomie: state of deregulation, breakdown, or normlessness in society: usually due to decreased homogeneity. Two propositions are central to durkheim"s thesis: social organization is necessary to keep undesirable humans tendencies in check, where social order breaks down and social norms lose their influence, anomie develops and crime increases significantly.