Chicago School
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- Chicago School
- Area based theories of crime
- Crime rates lower in areas of high socio- economic status and higher in areas of low socio-economic
- Shaw and McKay - Cultural transmission.Part of the city with high delinquency rates were also characterized by:
- High % of foreign born
- High % of family on welfare
- Low rate of home ownership. High number of condemned buildings
- Decreasing population
- High rates of infant mortality, illness, adult criminality and truancy
- Cohen - culture of the gang
- Area based theories of crime
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