CJ ST 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Urban Sprawl, Social Disorganization Theory, Chinatown
25 Nov 2016
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Emphasized the environmental impact of living in a high-crime neighborhood, applied. Those areas/species can either recede, migrate to another location, or die off. Ch8: social structure theories of crime ii- social disorganization and subcultures. The ecological school and the chicago school of criminology. Cultural context: chicago in the 1800 and early 1900: got very diverse in culture and needed guidance to solve problems. Ecological principles in city growth and concentric circles. Robert e. parks: claimed human behavior follows basic principles of ecology and that cities represent a type of complex organism that has a sense of unity formed from the interrelations among citizens and groups in the city. Natural areas: chicago"s idea that all cities contain identifiable clusters ec: chinatown, little italy. Park: notes some areas/species may invade or dominate adjacent areas/species, causing the recession of previously dominated areas/species. Radical growth : source of city growth begins inward and ripples outward.
