Compare And Contrast Shaw And Mckay

Social Disorganization Theory states that people’s choices are made because of their economical class. Shaw and McKay who brought this theory to peoples attention, proved that neighborhoods with higher crime have more poverty in them. Shaw and McKay studied Chicago’s neighborhoods. They could see that the lack of the social control was the reasoning behind the high crime rate. Crime is more likely to be high in disorganized areas such as schools, families, stores, and everything in neighborhoods. There is more school drop outs, unemployment, lower income levels, and single parents. In “rougher” neighborhoods it is more likely for younger kids to get into gangs. There is more than 27,000 gangs in the United States with more than 800,000 gang
They pick the neighborhoods that have a lot of poverty in it because more poverty has been proven to have more crime. An example of a disorganized community Shaw and McKay did research on a neighborhood in Chicago. What they saw in these neighborhoods was people living in disadvantaged neighborhoods were not getting the same amount of opportunities to succeed, a lot of immigration in poor neighborhoods, poor stores that fit the neighborhood, and disadvantaged neighborhoods led to a development of criminal activities. Shaw and McKay gave this area nine zones for crime rates. It was proven that most crime was committed in inner city zones(had the most poverty). This study went on for sixty-five years. A choice people have to make in these poor neighborhoods was to have a deviant lifestyle or an uneasy lifestyle. The deviant lifestyles included drug dealers, pimps, and gamblers. These deviant lifestyle members were considered wealthier because of the illegal way of getting their money. This was also a choice children had to take part in. People today are still testing Social Disorganization Theory today to help improve