2007CCJ- Week 5 PASS

The main assumption of the academics from the Chicago School was:

• human behaviour was influenced by biology and pathological factors

• human behaviour was individual issues and the wider society has no effect

• human behaviour was influenced by the surrounding social and physical environment

• human behaviour was a rational choice and individuals would behave well if there was reward

What is the order of the concentic zone model? (1 is the inner and 6 is the outer)

• 1. Business District

  2. Working Class Zone

  3. Commuter Zone

  4. Transitional Zone

  5. Residential Zone

• 1. Transitional Zone

  2. Business District

  3. Working Class Zone

  4. Commuter Zone

  5. Residential Zone

• 1. Transitional Zone

  2. Business District

  3. Working Class Zone

  4. Residential Zone

  5. Commuter Zone

• 1. Business District

  2. Transitional Zone

  3. Working Class Zone

  4. Residential Zone

  5. Commuter Zone

A basic suggestion of the Chicago Shool is that crime is a natural” result of rapid social change, the disintegration of social norms, and the breakdown of mechanisms of social control.

• True

• False

Which social changes are theorised to have caused deviance during this time?

• Industrialisation

• Social Disorganisation

• Changes in the Employment Sector

• Movement away from monarchies

Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay found that zones with the highest crime rates showed:

• Higher Indicators of Social Disorganisation

• Lower Indicators of Social Disorganisation

• Higher Indicators of Strain

• Lower Indicato5rs of Strain

The contemporary social disorganisation theory, collective efficacy, suggests that social disorganisation:

• Lessens access to schools, health resources and social welfare servies

• Lessens the social capital of neighbourhoods

• Lessens mutual transferal of advice, material goods and knowledge about child rearing

• Lessens the appeal of the neighbourhood to people visiting

Measuring deviance as social disorganisation is a strength of the social disorganisation model of crime.

• True

• False

Which of the below were classes that arose during the 1920s?

• "Managerial" Class

• The Lower Class

• Working Class

• Elite Class

Which of the below was NOT an indicactor of social disorganisation?

• high population of minorites

• low income

• low home ownership

• demograhic stability

Which below is a weakness of Social Disorganisation Theories?

• Moves beyond individualistic opinions of crime

• Believes behaviours can be shaped by surroundings.

• Differences in cultural norms were often confused as social deviance.

• Indicates that social deviants are not different from others.