Social disorganization theory links crime rates to ecological characteristics. A person place of residents can determine whether or not they will commit a crime. Most people say that they’re a product of their environment. Some blame the way they grew up on the reason for their actions. A person’s living location is as important as a person characteristics. The theory suggests that youths growing up in subcultures has a disadvantage which will later result in delinquency.
In the Criminal Justice in Action book Larry Gaines and Roger Miller suggests that crime is a product of unfavorable conditions in certain communities. There are ecological factors that lead to high crime rates. The factors are high because of high school drop outs, unemployment, and single parent homes (Gaines and Miller). Failure makes some people want to give up they feel defeated. Depending on where you live you’re already deemed as the outcast. When people think of cities like Detroit or Chicago they get scared. They start to ask questions because they want to know how people survive. …show more content…
Depending on how a person was raised can help you understand their motives, or why they do the things they do. If someone was raised in poverty it makes them want to work a little harder, they want to make their goals a reality. When a person was raised very well and never had to struggle for anything they tend to not work very hard. They don’t have to because things are handed to them. A person should always want to be better than their parents or people in their surroundings. No matter where they were born or raised always aim for