Social Disorganization Theory Paper
Introduction Crime in a neighborhood can be explained 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 Theory The Social Disorganization theory focuses on how one’s socio-economic status has an effect on their likelihood of being involved in criminal activity at some point in their life. …show more content…
Residents of Chicago began moving from the city to the suburbs as the city became more commercialized. This meant that residents who were left behind often dealt with higher crime rates depending on where they lived. The remaining residents had to find new living arrangements or deal with the lowered livening conditions, which led to high turnover of residents in the neighborhoods, an increased number of broken families, and increased in poverty and decay (Miller, 2009). Social disorganization does not only effect urban areas. A study of crime in 264 nonmetropolitan areas found that the key variables of the theory were the same in rural counties. These variables include high population density, poverty, unemployment, and a large percentage of female-headed households. The results discovered that residential instability was a significant predictor of crimes including rape, robbery, assault, weapons, and simple …show more content…
In other words, a community has the power to work together to reduce crime. The job of reducing crime cannot fall into the hands of a lone individual (Miller, 2009). This is a key aspect of community policing. Officers must work with the community to build trust, relationships, and legitimacy. Once the community trust that the police are there to help them reduce the crime in their areas, they must work together to reduce crime. Surely we can all agree that the saying from Sir Robert Peel, “The police are the public and the public are the
Social Disorganization Theory The Social Disorganization theory focuses on how one’s socio-economic status has an effect on their likelihood of being involved in criminal activity at some point in their life. …show more content…
Residents of Chicago began moving from the city to the suburbs as the city became more commercialized. This meant that residents who were left behind often dealt with higher crime rates depending on where they lived. The remaining residents had to find new living arrangements or deal with the lowered livening conditions, which led to high turnover of residents in the neighborhoods, an increased number of broken families, and increased in poverty and decay (Miller, 2009). Social disorganization does not only effect urban areas. A study of crime in 264 nonmetropolitan areas found that the key variables of the theory were the same in rural counties. These variables include high population density, poverty, unemployment, and a large percentage of female-headed households. The results discovered that residential instability was a significant predictor of crimes including rape, robbery, assault, weapons, and simple …show more content…
In other words, a community has the power to work together to reduce crime. The job of reducing crime cannot fall into the hands of a lone individual (Miller, 2009). This is a key aspect of community policing. Officers must work with the community to build trust, relationships, and legitimacy. Once the community trust that the police are there to help them reduce the crime in their areas, they must work together to reduce crime. Surely we can all agree that the saying from Sir Robert Peel, “The police are the public and the public are the