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    SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORIES OF CRIME "How did East New York become a Ghetto" (Walter Thabit)     Social disorganization is a rather difficult term to define.  It basically refers to the failure of social institutions or social organizations (e.g.‚ schools‚ business‚ policing‚ real estate‚ group networking) in certain communities and/or neighborhoods (although nothing prohibits such theories from being couched at the "macro" level to talk about all of society).  It has its origins in the study

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    Social Disorganization Social disorganization is people having adverse social attitudes within an area.  With a certain group being able to have control over a certain area.  In the Dudley Street case‚ the goal was to get the neighborhood together.   Also‚ let the next towns know that they are protesting being the dumping area anymore.  The neighborhood also changed their attitudes about looking at their neighborhood as the “ghetto”.  The main focus in the planning part was to get grant money and

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    Alberto Aponte Social Disorganization Theory After much research I found that social disorganization theory helps us to understand why there are varying rates of crime in different communities. This theory categorizes the shared characteristics of high crime neighborhoods and it also uses other social theories to define why those specific characteristics lead to crime. Now‚ Organization is seen when people of all age levels are involved in community-led activities‚ but without these sort of activities

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    Marilyn Arellano Social disorganization May 2‚ 2014 CJA/384 Instructor: Patrick Cote According to Thomas (1920) social disorganization is defined as‚ "The process by which the authority and influence of an earlier culture and system of social control is undermined and eventually destroyed” . The purpose of social disorganization theory is to help one understand why there are different crime rates in different communities. The theory believes the absence of community organization leads

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    Social Disorganization Question and Answer Michelle Poche CJA/ 393 August 12‚ 2010 Jennifer Williamson Social Disorganization Question and Answer What is Social Disorganization? Social disorganization is the failure of social institutions such as schools‚ businesses‚ police‚ etc. in a community. Social disorganization can be directly linked to crime rates because individuals in disadvantaged neighborhoods participate in delinquency because it is a behavior that provides them with wealth and power

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    Social Disorganization- Question-and-Answer Sergio Vidal-Echeverria CJA-384 February 12‚ 2012 Patrick L. Cote Social disorganization- Question-and-Answer This paper is a question and answer session about social disorganization. I will be answering four points about the definition of social disorganization‚ the relation to organized crime‚ and its evolution. In addition‚ I will explain how ell social disorganization fits the criteria for organized crime and it associated relationships. Last

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    Social disorganization is a breakdown of the structure of the relationship between peoples their environment due to the loss of the process that regulates a community or society’s behavior. Social disorganization can be directly linked with the rates of crime in an area. Social disorganization destroys the social institutions already in place. This attributes to the disorganization by social isolation‚ job loss‚ social change‚ poverty‚ alienation‚ and conflict through intimidation or influence of

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    Social Disorganization 12 November 2013 CJA 384 Social Disorganization Within the field of criminal justice the pattern of a crime can be influenced by social disorganization. The theory of social disorganization is broken down by the effective social control‚ the lack of integration between groups‚ conflicting attitudes and personnel maladjustment (Merriam-Webster‚ 2013). The paper below will describe what is social disorganization‚ how organized crime has evolved with social disorganization

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    our research sampling of social disorganized and inequality within high-risk urban communities/neighborhoods in the states of Georgia and South Carolina‚ and thereby examine whether there is adequate variation that exists between those communities/neighborhoods that will supply useful data for this analysis. The following research questions will need to be addressed which are: 1) “What is the association between each of the neighborhoods social processes and their social structural physiognomies

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    using the social disorganization theory. Using this theory can help police understand why neighborhoods with high levels of concentrated disadvantage‚ and residential instability have higher levels of crime. This paper will examine why some communities have higher crime rates than others‚ what can be done to reduce recidivism in poor communities‚ and the routine activity theory. To better understand crime‚ we must learn why crime is more prevalent in economically deprived areas. Social Disorganization

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