Chicago School

Question 1

How did they believe that the city created a criminogenic environment?

Answer 1

‘Invasion-dominance succession’ -> new crime seekers replacing old
Care free attitudes
More diversity - less community and more anonymous

Question 2

Is crime learned or innate? How do we deal with it?

Answer 2

Crime is learned and should be studied by observation through multiple agencies help

Question 3

Who are Park and Burgess?

Answer 3

Came up with the concentric zone theory (ecoological approach)

Question 4

What’s the concentric zone theory?

Answer 4

Cities like Chicago fit into concentric circles that naturally have it’s own cultural and social life

Question 5

Zone 1?

Answer 5

Business
High value properties
Small population

Question 6

Zone 2?

Answer 6

Slum
Inadequate housing
Immigration area
Changing due to temporary inhabitants

Question 7

Zone 3?

Answer 7

Residential
Working class housing

Question 8

Zone 4?

Answer 8

Middle class
Families with professional jobs

Question 9

Zone 5?

Answer 9

Suburban
Commuter zone

Question 10

Critiques of zone theory?

Answer 10

Labelling theory
Broken windows theory
Outside mindset

Question 11

What did Shaw and Mckay say?

Answer 11

ecological patterning - high delinquency in poorer areas
cultural transmission - delinquency passed down (observation)

Question 12

What theory uses 9 different attitudes to crime?

Answer 12

Sutherland’s differential association theory