Social Disorganization
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, criteria of social disorganization and development.
Social Disorganization
Social disorganization can be described as a social condition which developed during Western industrialization. People moved from the countryside social environment to the city population, transforming social coherence and integration from mechanical to organic (Park, Burgess, & McKenzie, 1967). Social disorganization takes both domestic and international forms. Social disorganization main idea was adapted at the University of Chicago in the 1920’s. The reason why this was constructed was because of the rapid industrialization and extensive urbanization as times were turning. Chicago sociologists were trying to understand why the United States was changing in landscaping and in people. Two sociologist W.I Thomas and Florian Znanieck studied some immigrants from Polish which were living in American and then studied there relatives in Poland. To their conclusion they identified immigrants had difficulty adapting to their normal routine and values because of his or her new social environments. This study provides the background of social disorganization, by showing methods of observations, and interviews. This was a clear statement of social disorganization with in immigrants in how adapting to a new social environment can change a person’s values and views. This theory started to develop others started to notice and provide their own theories of social disorganizations.
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, criteria of social disorganization and development.
Social Disorganization
Social disorganization can be described as a social condition which developed during Western industrialization. People moved from the countryside social environment to the city population, transforming social coherence and integration from mechanical to organic (Park, Burgess, & McKenzie, 1967). Social disorganization takes both domestic and international forms. Social disorganization main idea was adapted at the University of Chicago in the 1920’s. The reason why this was constructed was because of the rapid industrialization and extensive urbanization as times were turning. Chicago sociologists were trying to understand why the United States was changing in landscaping and in people. Two sociologist W.I Thomas and Florian Znanieck studied some immigrants from Polish which were living in American and then studied there relatives in Poland. To their conclusion they identified immigrants had difficulty adapting to their normal routine and values because of his or her new social environments. This study provides the background of social disorganization, by showing methods of observations, and interviews. This was a clear statement of social disorganization with in immigrants in how adapting to a new social environment can change a person’s values and views. This theory started to develop others started to notice and provide their own theories of social disorganizations.