There are many important aspects that a researcher would want to consider before choosing to examine the social disorder of neighborhoods and crime throughout the city. Social disorder is defined as, “conditions of some neighborhoods with high levels of, for example, unmonitored youth misbehaving, drug dealers, people openly and illegally using alcohol or other drugs, and fighting” (Inderbitzin, Bates, & Gainey, 2016, p. 578). Things that I feel are important when examining the social disorder in neighborhoods with crime would be; age (young vs. old), gender (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian), educational background (high school, college vs. no education), socioeconomic status (wealthy, poor), neighborhood migration patterns, and family disruption.
