Usually when a youth is classified as a delinquent it is associated with antisocial behaviors within the family and in the community such as aggression and can lead to related problems such as vandalism, substance usage and running away, theft, robbery, and larceny, gang memberships and school shootings. Juveniles are typically not charged like adults unless the crime is serious. Delinquency in the United States is examined with the emphasis on its relation to local communities and the groups and institutions that form the social world of children and adolescents (Cavan &
“The theory of social disorganization states a person’s physical and social environments are primarily responsible for the behavioral choices that a person makes. At the core of social disorganization theory, is that location matters when it comes to predicting illegal activity. Shaw and McKay noted that neighborhoods with the highest crime rates have at least three common problems, physical dilapidation, poverty, and a higher level of ethnic and culture mixing. Shaw and McKay claimed that delinquency was not caused at the individual level, but is a normal response by normal individuals to abnormal conditions. Social disorganization theory is widely used as an important predictor of youth violence and crime.”
Within the past couple of decades, criminologists have developed different criminological theories that apply to the social behaviors and decisions of criminals. One of the earliest theories developed regarding criminality is the rational choice theory, in which describes the rationalization of determining if the rewards from committing the crime outweigh the consequences. In Scarver’s case, his decision to engage in criminal activities outweighed the potential consequences, or the other alternatives if he did not engage in such criminal activities. In addition to the rational choice theory, Scarver’s criminality can be related to the social disorganization theory, which describes the influence of one’s social and physical environment on one’s decision to commit a crime. Lastly, the strain theory can be related to Scarver’s criminality as well, as it is used to describe an individual who lacks the means to obtain such goals, and aspirations, so therefore, he or she engages in criminal activities to acquire the goals.
Criminal and conflict gang whose primarily intent of crimes for tangible gains. Social structure theorists consider that the main components to illegal behavior are the ascendancy of social and economic influences that are distinguished in rundown communities where the population is predominantly lower-class citizens (Siegel, 2010). This following theory goes into helping us comprehend ways the human behavior, is the result of physical
This paper explores the vandalism and graffiti birthed as a result of the “Fire Katehi” movement analyzed with the use of sociological lenses. This movement arose as a result of the UC Davis Chancellor’s decision to take part in a textbook company- a total conflict interest for the students she is supposed to be leading to success. In addition, rumors that Linda Katehi took a seat on a school board for DeVry University when student of UC Davis needed her support and encouragement on her home campus. Using the social disorganization theory and the concept of collective efficacy, social ad communal delinquency and the motivations for vandalism will be defined and accounted for.
According to the social disorganization theory, Billy has a lower socioeconomic status; he is more likely to commit crime. The theory also can explain Billy’s lack of family structure and unity, as well as his breakdown in the community. Billy began breaking the law as a young man; so he likely replaced his family and educators influence with influence from his peers. Later, even as a twenty-eight year old this breakdown both in family and community is evident in his criminal behavior. He more than likely inherited the delinquent values which permitted further criminal deviant
The story of 3 girls who were kidnapped and kept captive for over 10years. On May 6 2013 America was thrilled and happy to hear that after 10 years of abduction Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina Dejesus were finally free. The trio had been abducted by Ariel Castro a bus driver and kept in captivity in his house on 2207 Seymour Avenue. He thinks the young girls all have something in common and that’s it’s their fault for trusted him and accepted a ride from Castro. (Here I am going to relate victimization theory).
It does not consider other factors such as criminal associations, individual traits, and inner strains, which plays a significant role in determining punishment for the individuals in committing crimes. It is observed that this theory endeavours to know that whether the activities of crime as well as the victim’s choice, criminals commit the activities on start from rational decisions. The theory also determines that criminals consider different elements before committing crime. They engage in the exchange of ideas before reaching on any final decision. These elements consist of consequences of their crimes, which include revealing their families to problems or death, chances of being arrested, and others elements, which comprises of placement of surveillance systems (Walsh & Hemmens, 2010; Lichbach,
The paper will address the reasons why youth join gangs. Social disorganization theory is relevant to the topic of why youth join gangs because it looks at the techniques of learning criminal behaviour. Labelling theory is also relevant because it focuses on social structures that may enable individuals to a life of youth gang membership. In this paper, I argue that social disorganization theory can explain poverty and neighbourhoods with a high gang presence, while labelling theory can explain neighbourhoods with a high gang presence as reasons why some youth join gangs. This paper compares the relative strengths and weaknesses of social disorganization and labelling theory.
Pew Research Center collected information from 3,769 adults to see how they perceive race relation and the equality of minorities in today’s American society. The survey provided an accurate basis for assessing the significance of race relations. The findings illustrated in The Black and White in America shows that more must be done to alleviate the social conditions that results from the color divide. This cultural lag is one of the major sources of social disorganization. In the United States skin color is one obvious difference and it apparent in the survey.
The Social disorganization theory is an idea under the social structure theory that focuses on the urban environmental conditions that contribute to the development of crime. Furthermore, the theory states that if one lives in a deteriorated neighborhood where there is inadequate social control and law-violating gangs, there is a greater risk of becoming an offender themselves. There are many factors that contribute to an urban area becoming one of the centers of criminal activity. The most prominent ideas under the social disorganization theory that contribute to an area becoming a crime-ridden concentric zone are as follows: transitional neighborhoods, community deterioration, and chronic unemployment. Transitional neighborhoods are those that are experiencing a shift in population demographics, usually in the form of economic status.
When someone discusses the social disorganization theory it is currently focus on the relationship between people crimes social control and deviant’s behaviors caused by the environment for example if u live in an area where most crimes were to happen like domestic abuse drug trafficking or gang violence then the people around or more likely to commit crimes than ones who live in good neighborhoods. Today in our community crime effects schools work even our own homes. According to Na’im H. Madyun the author of Connecting Social Disorganization Theory to African-American Outcomes article stated that “due to high poverty single parent households it is very difficult to create social ties to the community because they believe that society does not want to help the neighborhood who have very high crime rates”(Madyum) What he means by this statement is that when someone in a neighborhood even the school is effected by crime then most kids will end up being a delinquent at an early age for example they’ll start joining gangs by recruiting them through media or on the street and getting involve in crimes while they are in middle school or high school due to parents who go to work to work every day or might be addicted to drugs and abuse their kids in their own houses.
Understanding the risk and protective factors of child delinquency is imperative in order to create and implement treatment and intervention programs. Because children’s behavior develops during the first five years, it is important to know what risk and protective factors could increase the likelihood of a child becoming a child offender (Wasserman et al., 2003). Moreover, overcoming the risk factors would help prevent the child offender from becoming a juvenile, and later, adult offender. As Wasserman et al (2003) stated, “risk factors for child delinquency operate in several domains: the individual child, the child’s family, the child’s peer group, the child’s school, the child’s neighborhood, and the media” (pg.1). As one can see, children are exposed to risk in partially every aspect of their lives.
Essay Prompt: Describe the level of empirical support (or non-support) for the systemic model, as provided by this week’s readings. In order to test the systemic social disorganization model, various scholars had done quite a few empirical researches and revealed different results, some of which supported the principle of the systemic model, while others did not. The basic idea of the “systemic social disorganization model” is, the exogenous sources of social disorganization, i.e., economic status, ethnic heterogeneity and residential mobility and so on, will show effect on the crime and delinquency by influencing the intervening character, informal social control.
Differential Association Edwin Sutherland Theory proports that through interaction with others individuals learn values, attitudes, techniques, motives for criminal behaviour. Two different cultures exist, with one being criminal and the other conventional. Normal learning occurs through verbal and non verbal communication that helps to establish whether attitudes of individuals is favorable to law violation through normal learning processes by individuals who are disposed towards breaking the law. They develop motivation for engaging in criminal activity and attitudes that drives them to deviate. Different cycles of criminality can also influence their lives where criminal behavior occurs with intimate interactions through socialization.
