CRMJ 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Anomie, Social Ecology, Decommodification
11 Dec 2017
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Juvenile delinquency in urban areas: assumption (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)orhoods ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)ore (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e tha(cid:374) others ha(cid:449) & Inability of the community to control the behavior of their residences: first people to notice this problem, high-crime neighborhoods have at least three common problems, transient population. People did not stay for very long; once they were able to get out: poverty they left. These communities were high in poverty; found that the individuals and the community itself was poor; poor schools; churches that had no money: heterogeneity. A really diverse population; lots of different people living in the same area: collective efficacy: shared power of a group of connected & engaged individuals to influence the maintenance of public order. Criminological theories are similar; they use the same variables but put it in different ways. Institutionalized means (institutional anomie theory) messner and rosenfield. Rebellion (deviant substitute new goals and means: new means, new goals.
