Chicago School Of Criminology
INTRODUCTION
The ‘Chicago School’ of criminology was emerged during the 1920s and 1930s. It sometimes described as the ‘Ecological School’ or theory of ‘Social Disorganization’ and it is the body of works in urban sociology. The Chicago School evolved there because the city of Chicago in late 19th and early 20th centuries desperately needed answers for its exponentially growing problem of delinquency and crime. This became a primary focus in the city of Chicago but now it is applied elsewhere.
The Chicago School of criminology of social disorganization is relevant to Dhaka city of Bangladesh which is most populated. The theory of Social Disorganization is perfect for explaining crime in Dhaka city. In this assignment I would like to discuss …show more content…
about the criminal behaviour of slum’s people of Dhaka city.
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL
The ‘Chicago School’ is best known in the theory of criminology. It has focused on the relation between increasing social disorganization and criminal behavior of human being as determined by social structures and physical environmental factors rather than genetic and personal characteristics. Members of this School believed that the social environment which the community inhabits is a major issue in leading human behavior.
EVOLVING HISTORY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL
The ‘Chicago’ was the fastest-growing city in U.S.
history. The researchers of this School have focused on the city of Chicago as the object of their study. They seeking evidence whether urbanization and increasing social mobility have been the causes of the contemporary social problems. In 1860 Chicago was a small town with a population of 10,000. The population of this city was increased into two million by 1900 and this population more than doubled every decade during the 19th century. The causes of rapid increase was an influx of immigrants. They produced homelessness, poor housing conditions and bad working.
Modern sociology developed the Chicago School because the city needed to solve its social problems. The first relevant model was proposed by Robert E. Park who claimed that much of human behaviour, especially the way cities grow, follow the basic principles of ecology that had been documented and applied to wildlife for many years at that point. When Park developed his theory of ecology, he observed the trend of businesses and factories invading the traditionally residential areas of Chicago, which caused major chaos and breakdown in stability in those
areas.
Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay drew heavily on their colleagues at the University of Chicago in devising their theory of social disorganization, which became known as the Chicago School theory of criminology. Shaw had been producing excellent case studies for years on the individual level before he took on theorizing on the macro level of crime rates. However, once he began working with McKay, he devised perhaps the most enduring and valid model of why certain neighbourhoods have more social problems such as delinquency, than others.
Figure: Model of Shaw and McKay’s Theory of Social Disorganization
The ‘Chicago School’ of criminology was emerged during the 1920s and 1930s. It sometimes described as the ‘Ecological School’ or theory of ‘Social Disorganization’ and it is the body of works in urban sociology. The Chicago School evolved there because the city of Chicago in late 19th and early 20th centuries desperately needed answers for its exponentially growing problem of delinquency and crime. This became a primary focus in the city of Chicago but now it is applied elsewhere.
The Chicago School of criminology of social disorganization is relevant to Dhaka city of Bangladesh which is most populated. The theory of Social Disorganization is perfect for explaining crime in Dhaka city. In this assignment I would like to discuss …show more content…
about the criminal behaviour of slum’s people of Dhaka city.
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL
The ‘Chicago School’ is best known in the theory of criminology. It has focused on the relation between increasing social disorganization and criminal behavior of human being as determined by social structures and physical environmental factors rather than genetic and personal characteristics. Members of this School believed that the social environment which the community inhabits is a major issue in leading human behavior.
EVOLVING HISTORY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL
The ‘Chicago’ was the fastest-growing city in U.S.
history. The researchers of this School have focused on the city of Chicago as the object of their study. They seeking evidence whether urbanization and increasing social mobility have been the causes of the contemporary social problems. In 1860 Chicago was a small town with a population of 10,000. The population of this city was increased into two million by 1900 and this population more than doubled every decade during the 19th century. The causes of rapid increase was an influx of immigrants. They produced homelessness, poor housing conditions and bad working.
Modern sociology developed the Chicago School because the city needed to solve its social problems. The first relevant model was proposed by Robert E. Park who claimed that much of human behaviour, especially the way cities grow, follow the basic principles of ecology that had been documented and applied to wildlife for many years at that point. When Park developed his theory of ecology, he observed the trend of businesses and factories invading the traditionally residential areas of Chicago, which caused major chaos and breakdown in stability in those
areas.
Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay drew heavily on their colleagues at the University of Chicago in devising their theory of social disorganization, which became known as the Chicago School theory of criminology. Shaw had been producing excellent case studies for years on the individual level before he took on theorizing on the macro level of crime rates. However, once he began working with McKay, he devised perhaps the most enduring and valid model of why certain neighbourhoods have more social problems such as delinquency, than others.
Figure: Model of Shaw and McKay’s Theory of Social Disorganization