Chicago Theory Of Crime
Chicago theory of crime was founded in 1920, and has been referred to as “Social disorganization theory” (Bohm, 2011). The Department of Sociology attempted to identify __Environmental factor associated with crime __How a specific neighborhood’s crime related to that neighborhood’s characteristics (Bohm, 2011). This was the United States 1st large-scale study done to explain why crime occurs and became the platform for many future studies (Bohm, 2011). Chicago School earned a reputation as the “school of human ecology” (Bohm, 2011). This was because the study on crime was based on ecology and compared plant and animal life to people in society for purposes of determining why they commit crimes (Bohm, 2011).
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Zone 2: Slums or Hood.
Zone 3: Blue-collar homes.
Zone 4: upper class homes & apartments.
Zone 5: Suburbs (Bohm, 2011).
Using this platform, other studies were done on juvenile delinquents and compared the specific zones that related to their behavior (Bohm, 2011). Zone 2 had the highest juvenile delinquents even if a more dominant group replaced the group of people in that zone. This behavior did not follow to the other zones (Bohm, 2011). It was specific to Zone 2. The juvenile delinquents were similar in most aspects to non-delinquents with the exception that they were considered “socially disorganized” (Bohm, 2011). Four factors makes up soically disorganized. They are:
1. The usual controls are absent.
2. Parents and neighbors approve of delinquent behavior.
3. Many opportunities for delinquent behavior exist in zone 2.
4. Little opportunities for jobs, training, or encouragement (Bohm, 2011).
The Chicago Theory believes delinquent behavior is learned from older kids teaching it to younger kids, and society has no instrument that can prevent this (Bohm, 2011). Eventually, the juvenile accepted they were part of a criminal world. This promoted the creation of the Chicago Area Project in 1932. (Bohm, 2011). This project focused on the residents to endorse organization and empowerment. This project is currently in use today and the data shows that it does reduce the continuing delinquent behavior (Bohm,
Based on the ecology theory, …show more content…
Zone 2: Slums or Hood.
Zone 3: Blue-collar homes.
Zone 4: upper class homes & apartments.
Zone 5: Suburbs (Bohm, 2011).
Using this platform, other studies were done on juvenile delinquents and compared the specific zones that related to their behavior (Bohm, 2011). Zone 2 had the highest juvenile delinquents even if a more dominant group replaced the group of people in that zone. This behavior did not follow to the other zones (Bohm, 2011). It was specific to Zone 2. The juvenile delinquents were similar in most aspects to non-delinquents with the exception that they were considered “socially disorganized” (Bohm, 2011). Four factors makes up soically disorganized. They are:
1. The usual controls are absent.
2. Parents and neighbors approve of delinquent behavior.
3. Many opportunities for delinquent behavior exist in zone 2.
4. Little opportunities for jobs, training, or encouragement (Bohm, 2011).
The Chicago Theory believes delinquent behavior is learned from older kids teaching it to younger kids, and society has no instrument that can prevent this (Bohm, 2011). Eventually, the juvenile accepted they were part of a criminal world. This promoted the creation of the Chicago Area Project in 1932. (Bohm, 2011). This project focused on the residents to endorse organization and empowerment. This project is currently in use today and the data shows that it does reduce the continuing delinquent behavior (Bohm,