The impact of low socioeconomic and social disorganization of communities on juvenile delinquency crime rates
Abstract
Low socioeconomic communities and dysfunctional social order contribute to a large wave of juveniles participating in criminal activities. The activities involving drugs, theft, robbery, assaults, graffiti, and gang activity are some examples of crime that can negatively impact a community, by decreasing a community’s monetary value, moral respect, and a sense of community. Many of these crimes are committed due to the lack of opportunities for families in these areas to progress; juveniles observing their parents failing to pay the bills may seek an easier route in which money could be made. As well, many juveniles view their …show more content…
Research Design
Does low socioeconomic and social disorganization in communities contribute to the high crime rates of juvenile delinquency? First, this study will take both qualitative and quantitative approach. Also, in this study a repeated cross-sectional design would be used. A repeated cross-sectional design or tend study is a type of longitude study which data is collected at two or more points at one time from different samples but of the same population. A low socioeconomic community would be used from a large urban city. Juveniles would be studied when a juvenile would come into contact with law enforcement within the set community. Several years later the same study would be conducted within the same community but on different juveniles. This design will help tell the researcher if the community is improving or is crime still occurring at the same rate. Next, the sampling used would be a purposive sampling approach, due to the juvenile’s knowledge of the situation they are in, willingness to talk, and due to them being the subject of study. Purposive studying is used majority for community and …show more content…
71). This book goes on to state the stresses placed on individuals in the American Society to achieve their goals are quite high. The culture of American Society is also centered on the need for monetary gain. The needs to achieve and to make money, “by any means possible,” contribute to individuals committing crimes, when negative opportunities arise (stealing, selling of illegal drugs, etc.) and or lack of positive opportunities. Next, the social disorganization and dysfunction of a child’s home contribute to the child becoming delinquent. In the article written by Todd Clear, The Effects of High Imprisonment Rates on Communities, Clear states, “Donald Braman (2004) spent 2 years studying families from poor, high incarceration areas of Washington, DC. He provides detailed descriptions of how incarceration affected 12 families. From their stories, he documents how incarcerations breaks families apart, strains their economic resources, weakens parental involvement with children, and leads to emotional and social isolation” (pg. 104). This article was an interesting view of the effect an incarcerated individual has on their community. Majority of the time a juvenile has had a parent taken away due to the parent(s) involvement in criminal justice correctional system. Children feel isolated,
Abstract
Low socioeconomic communities and dysfunctional social order contribute to a large wave of juveniles participating in criminal activities. The activities involving drugs, theft, robbery, assaults, graffiti, and gang activity are some examples of crime that can negatively impact a community, by decreasing a community’s monetary value, moral respect, and a sense of community. Many of these crimes are committed due to the lack of opportunities for families in these areas to progress; juveniles observing their parents failing to pay the bills may seek an easier route in which money could be made. As well, many juveniles view their …show more content…
Research Design
Does low socioeconomic and social disorganization in communities contribute to the high crime rates of juvenile delinquency? First, this study will take both qualitative and quantitative approach. Also, in this study a repeated cross-sectional design would be used. A repeated cross-sectional design or tend study is a type of longitude study which data is collected at two or more points at one time from different samples but of the same population. A low socioeconomic community would be used from a large urban city. Juveniles would be studied when a juvenile would come into contact with law enforcement within the set community. Several years later the same study would be conducted within the same community but on different juveniles. This design will help tell the researcher if the community is improving or is crime still occurring at the same rate. Next, the sampling used would be a purposive sampling approach, due to the juvenile’s knowledge of the situation they are in, willingness to talk, and due to them being the subject of study. Purposive studying is used majority for community and …show more content…
71). This book goes on to state the stresses placed on individuals in the American Society to achieve their goals are quite high. The culture of American Society is also centered on the need for monetary gain. The needs to achieve and to make money, “by any means possible,” contribute to individuals committing crimes, when negative opportunities arise (stealing, selling of illegal drugs, etc.) and or lack of positive opportunities. Next, the social disorganization and dysfunction of a child’s home contribute to the child becoming delinquent. In the article written by Todd Clear, The Effects of High Imprisonment Rates on Communities, Clear states, “Donald Braman (2004) spent 2 years studying families from poor, high incarceration areas of Washington, DC. He provides detailed descriptions of how incarceration affected 12 families. From their stories, he documents how incarcerations breaks families apart, strains their economic resources, weakens parental involvement with children, and leads to emotional and social isolation” (pg. 104). This article was an interesting view of the effect an incarcerated individual has on their community. Majority of the time a juvenile has had a parent taken away due to the parent(s) involvement in criminal justice correctional system. Children feel isolated,