Week Ten - Social Disorganisation Flashcards
Whose work was underpinned by this?
…underpinned the work of sociologists at University of Chicago in 1920s and 1930s
Industrialisation and urbanisation..
Industrialisation and urbanisation > social disorganisation
Like Durkheim…
Like Durkheim, saw crime as social (not individual) problem
Life in some neighbourhoods was chaotic…
Life in some neighbourhoods was chaotic, thus crime was a normal and expected response
Burgess Model…
○ 5 social zones - Central Business District, Transitional Zone, Working Class Zone, Residential Zone and Commuter Zone
Each had distinct cultural life
Cities as ecosystems
Most crime occurred in ‘zone of transition’
What did Shaw and McKay examine?
Shaw and McKay – examined youth crime
Explanations…
Run down housing; people w.o means to live anywhere else
Criminal behavior inversely related to affluence of area
Nature of the area, not the individuals living there, that determined crime levels
Who is the main group of this theory?
Chicago School
