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Social Disorganization
Larry Fulse
CJA /384
June 2, 2014
Dorothy Massey
Social Disorganization is a criminology theory that is present in many communities in the United States. The main reason social disorganization is the poverty in these communities. Where there is poverty there will always be someone trying to take advantages weather it is a politician or a local gang in the community one thing is clear at some point they will assists the other one. Many people may think that none of them will have anything in common with one another, but when people are thirsty for power and money they will do the unthinkable.
Social disorganization is a criminology theory that suggests the reason for crime and delinquency is due to the lack of resources in communities. When resources like churches and programs for the youth are not present in the community it can lead to a lack of morals that can cause criminal activity and delinquency. Another reason for crime and delinquency is believed to be the lack of present of law enforcement. When law enforcement is not present in a community it gives the people in the community the thought that law enforcement does not care what happens to the people in their community. The people in the community that obey the law and are not committing crimes start to develop a sense that their community is not safe, because law enforcement does not have a regular presence in the community. In most areas like this when people that live in the community have a problem and they call law enforcement it take long periods of time for them to get there to solve the problem. A lot of times by the time law enforcement arrive in these areas they have already gotten away or the civilian has already taken matters into their own hands. When all of these issues are present the social disorganization theory can be linked.
Social Disorganization and Organized crime in many areas, within the study of organize crime several of the theories...