Critically Examine the Idea that Neighbourhoods Characterized by Higher Levels of 'Social Disorganization' are More Prone to Crime by Ioannis Derziotis in JFSCI - Juniper Publishers
The first impression when someone hears the phrase "social disorganization", is that neighbourhoods that are socially disorganised will definitely be more prone to crime. It is true that crime is not haphazardly allocated beyond neighbourhoods in a city and doesn't take place evenly in all areas. Instead, it verges to raise in particular locales and not others. Social disorganisation theory considers this fact - the non random distribution of crime- as a departure point for explicating crime [1]. Many people relate social disorganisation with individuals taking or dealing drugs in the streets, fights, high rates of crime, prostitution or different criminal and non criminal acts that generates a feeling of danger and it is seen by neighbourhoods as evidence of failure and collapse in social regulation [2]. In order to confirm or disprove this idea, this essay will try to examine the theories of the Chicago School by analysing their theories and hypothetical models about crime and its connection and reason, to and by different social components. Furthermore, considering researches that have been conducted, an examination of the function of social efficacy in neighbourhoods and the drawbacks of its absence in delinquency and human bonds will be done. Finally, an effort will be made to reinforce this notion by associating it to the "Broken Windows" theory in order to provide an optimum comprehension of the relation amid sociable and physical disorder and crime.
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