Sociological Theories: Chicago School/Social Disorganization Theory

Neighborhood dynamics

High delinquency rates in areas with poor housing and health conditions

Because of weakened social controls

<p>Defensible space theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The link between low-level disorder and crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strong social norms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Opportunities for crime are shaped by people's everyday movements through space and time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The gap between cultural goals and structural means to achieve them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The dismantling of the welfare state and increasing income inequality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lower-class youths reject middle-class cultural goals due to lack of opportunity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The differential opportunity structures for illegitimate activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subcultural theory builds on ideas of status frustration and differential opportunity from anomie/strain theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers