Social Disorganization Questions-And-Answer

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Social Disorganization Questions-and-Answer

Natasha Reed

CJA/321

August 08, 2016

Edward Rafailovitc

Social Disorganization Question-and-Answer

What is social disorganization?

Social disorganization is defined as an inability of community members to achieve shared values or to solve jointly experienced problems (Bursik, 1988). Social disorganization is based on poor neighborhoods. It is believed that young men and women from social disorganized neighborhoods will commit deviant behavior which will allow criminologists to predict crimes that will become popular. A good example of social disorganization would be the city of Detroit neighborhoods. In the inner city the crime rate is very high, and people there are easily influenced to commit crimes for money gain. Gang activity is very high, as well as the drug rate. You have many single parent households, and also a lot of low income housing where the young people who will just about do anything to make a dollar. In most inner city neighborhoods most parents work many hours which leaves their children home alone with idle time to start experimenting with activities that are criminal.

How does social disorganization relate to organized crime and its evolution?

The way that social disorganization relates to organized crime and its evolution is that organized crime groups can better control neighborhoods that are social disorganized. Organized crime groups prey on the poor neighborhoods, because the people there are more likely to cooperate and make