Crime and Locality
- Created by: Lauren Philp
- Created on: 24-03-14 13:15
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- Crime and Locality
- Why crime rates may be higher in some areas than others
- Not enough policing
- Demography e.g. Culture
- Poorer areas have status frustration
- High levels of relative deprivation
- Concentric Zones and Zones of Transition
- Shaw and McKay explain why crime rates are higher in certain areas than others.
- The results showed that if they divided the city into concentric zones, each of the 5 zones had different levels of offenders
- Zone 2 had the highest rate of offenders which was right outside the city center
- Zone 2 Had the highest population turnover. = Zone of transition
- This was because of the high levels of social disorganisation- Informal social control was very low
- Lack of strong community bonds due to high population turnover
- Evaluation
- Lack of Clarity- Doesn't say what comes first, crime or social disorganisation
- Sweeping generalisation- Majority of people in high crime areas don't commit crime.
- Environmental approach- Neglects that fact that Inner city crime comes from official stats which are socially constructed.
- Why crime rates may be higher in some areas than others
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