Deck 4: The Chicago School

Question 1

The Chicago School was often referred to as the ________ School.

Answer 1

Ecological

Question 2

The weakening of primary social relationships is known as social _________ .

Answer 2

Disorganization.

Question 3

The process by which social disorganization affects juveniles, and leads to delinquency is known as:

A) Symbolic interactionism.
B) Cultural transmission.
C) Conduct norms.
D) Social control.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following ideas does NOT belong to the Chicago School?

A) Social disorganization
B) Study of deviants in their own settings
C) Criminals are people who are inherently deviant
D) None of the above

Question 5

Secondary culture conflict refers to:

A) Conflict between a subculture and a larger culture within which it resides.
B) A social condition in which primary conflict is first controlled by pressure from authorities and, as that control is relaxed, reappears.
C) Conflict between two cultures at their borders.
D) When two different cultures seem to dictate behavior at the same time.

Question 6

Rodney Starks' version of ecological theory focuses on ________places.

Question 7

Sampson's research on current immigrant communities supports the idea that predominantly immigrant areas have higher crime rates particularly violent crime.

Question 8

Researchers from the Chicago school studied:

A) Life histories.
B) Concentric zones.
C) Official data.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

The concept of community crime careers looks at the number of career offenders living in each concentric zone of the city.

Question 10

In the example of culture conflict in the text box, the clash of values was between American laws and ___________.

A) Muslim tradition.
B) An Ethiopian ritual.
C) Indonesian family values.
D) Canadian fishing rites.

Question 11

Another term used for the formation of smaller groups as a product of secondary conflict is ___________.

Question 12

Culture conflict theory was developed primarily by:

A) Martin Bulmer.
B) Albert Reiss Jr..
C) Thorsten Sellin.
D) Monroe Work.

Question 13

W.I. Thomas, developed a term that could be used to explain how a person may receive inappropriate cues from different groups and thus be seen as deviant. This term was:

A) Generalized other.
B) Looking-glass self.
C) Cueing stimuli.
D) Definition of the situation.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best reflects Shaw & McKay's findings on city areas?

A) Rates of delinquency, tuberculosis & infant mortality decrease as you move away from the central business district.
B) Rates of delinquency, tuberculosis & infant mortality increase as you move away from the central business district.
C) Rates of delinquency increase, but rates of tuberculosis & infant mortality decrease as you move away from the central business district.
D) Rates of delinquency decrease, but rates of tuberculosis & infant mortality increase as you move away from the central business district.

Question 15

Which of the statements below about Park & Burgess' findings on the city is NOT true?

A) The further you move away from the center of the city, the fewer social problems.
B) The growth of cities in particular patterns is not random.
C) When invading occurs, territory becomes less desirable.
D) None of the above.

Question 16

Defensible space is a concept in environmental design theory.

Question 17

Chicago school theorists were consensus theorists at heart.

Question 18

The Chicago School purported that behavior is primarily shaped by:

A) Social factors.
B) Psychological factors.
C) Genetic factors.
D) All of the above.

Question 19

The Chicago School produced chiefly Microtheories.

Question 20

Crime and delinquency, as well as other forms of social ills can be found in greater concentration, according to Shaw and McKay, in the zone of _______________.

Question 21

Describe the different concentric zones that make up the urban area.

Question 22

Briefly describe the four elements that constitute social disorganization according to Sampson & Groves.

Question 23

What do the policy implications the Chicago School's work seem to have in common?

Question 24

Explain how culture conflict is related to crime.

Question 25

Discuss the contributions of African American Sociologists to theories of crime and delinquency.

Question 26

Describe the social heritage/historical factors that shaped the Chicago School.