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-In [[sociology]] and, later, [[criminology]], the '''Chicago School''' (sometimes described as the '''Ecological School''') refers to the first major body of works emerging during the 1920s and 1930s specialising in [[urban sociology]], and the research into the urban environment by combining theory and [[ethnography|ethnographic]] [[fieldwork]] in [[Chicago]], now applied elsewhere. While involving scholars at several Chicago area universities, the term is often used interchangeably to refer to the '''[[University of Chicago]]''''s sociology department—one of the oldest and one of the most prestigious. Following [[World War II]], a "Second Chicago School" arose whose members used [[symbolic interactionism]] combined with methods of field research, to create a new body of works. This was one of the first institutions to use [[quantitative methods in criminology]]. 
-The major researchers in the first Chicago School included [[Nels Anderson]], [[Ernest Burgess]], Ruth Shonle Cavan, [[Edward Franklin Frazier]], [[Everett Hughes]], [[Roderick D. McKenzie]], [[George Herbert Mead]], [[Robert E. Park]], Walter C. Reckless, [[Edwin Sutherland]], [[W. I. Thomas]] [http://www.bolender.com/Sociological%20Theory/Thomas,%20William%20I.%20and%20Florian%20Znaniecki/thomas,_william_i_and_florian_znaniecki.htm], [[Frederic Thrasher]], [[Louis Wirth]], [[Florian Znaniecki]].+'''Louis Wirth''' (August 28, 1897 – May 3, 1952) was an [[United States|American]] sociologist and member of the [[Chicago school (sociology)|Chicago school]] of sociology. His interests included city life, minority group behavior, and mass media, and he is recognised as one of the leading urban sociologists.
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Louis Wirth (August 28, 1897 – May 3, 1952) was an American sociologist and member of the Chicago school of sociology. His interests included city life, minority group behavior, and mass media, and he is recognised as one of the leading urban sociologists.




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