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6. What American city did Park and Burgess develop the idea of a city having a series of concentric circles?
- Plymouth
- Chicago
- California
- New York
7. Which zone or 'concentric circle' did they argue had high crime rates as a result of succesive 'waves of immigration'?
- Zone 4
- Zone 5
- Zone 3
- Zone 2
- Zone 1
8. Shaw and McKay developed the work of Park and Burgess from the Chicago School and focused their research on what zone?
- Zone 5
- Zone 3
- Zone 2
- Zone 4
9. They argued that high crime rates was a result of high turnover of populations which lead to....
- Anomie
- Social Disorganisation
- Marginalisation
10. For Shaw and McKay, this effect prevented community cohesion which could regulate their members behaviour.
11. Who talked about the process of 'tipping' carried out by local councils regarding housing 'problem families' on the same estates?
- Young
- Baldwin and Bottoms
- Shaw and Mckay
- Clarke
12. According to this approach, which kind of area is more likely to have high crime rates?
- Urban, inner city areas
- Rural areas
- Rural, inner city areas
13. What is 'Differential Association' according to Sutherland and Cassey?
- Criminal behaviour depends on who you associate with
- The idea that crime is an individual, rational choice
- Differenes between crime in rural and urban areas
14. Despite the claim that urban environments have particularly high crime rates, what does this theory largely ignore?
- the working class
- Over-policing in urban areas
- Social conditions and its links with crime
15. The Broken Window thesis is the idea that if a window is left broken, it should be left in its condition until its is notified to the police.
16. Who created this thesis?
- Wilson and Kelling
- Morris and Felson
- Lea and Young
- Taylor