CRIM 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter Nov 3: White-Collar Crime, Edwin Sutherland, Social Disorganization Theory
30 Nov 2016
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When family and communal ties combined together are weakened. The idea here is that you can take 2 neighborhoods with diff racial compositions and structure of the neighborhood, (transitional zone) it is the nature of the neighborhood. Crime only concentrates on neighborhood/city crimes and disregards any corporate or white collar crime social disorganization. There is crime in the corporate and white collar business district, but. Sutherland argues that because everyone is in the same environment, when they interact with each other (learning behaviour from your peers) Therefore, it is unfair to say that crime only occurs in poor sections of the city. In the business districts differential association also applies (maybe even more influential than in poorer sections of the city) 7 what are some of the main similarities and differences between collective efficacy. Theory, legal cynicism theory, cultural deviance theory, and social learning. Legal cynicism cultural frame (they reject law enforcement)
