Social Disorganization Theory It was in the 1920s that the industrial revolution finally took a full hold in the United States and having completely changed the industrial landscape. As a result, cities across the country were growing exponentially. As a result, many people that lived in rural areas moved to the cities to look for opportunities. The booming cities also attracted shiploads of immigrants from Europe looking to escape harsh economic conditions and persecution inflicted upon them. The rapid and constant change of the city of Chicago peaked interest of two researchers looking to make a name for themselves. Park and Burgess (1925) were interested to see firsthand the human competition for limited space. After observing the city
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Shaw & McKay examined the juvenile court cases from 1900, 1920 and 1930 to test this hypothesis. They also collected their own data from field work. After the analysis of the court cases and their own data, Shaw & McKay realized that the majority of delinquencies were concentrated in commercial and industrial areas. The population of those areas experienced poverty, lack of residential mobility and racial heterogeneity. Their findings were condensed and ultimately formed the Social Disorganization …show more content…
The government provides researchers with money required to do conduct the study. In one instance, the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and National Institute on Drug Abuse authorized the study to examine the correlation of crime. Subsequently, the Denver Youth Survey was created to accomplish that goal. The first step was to systematically distribute it widely to Denver youth. The survey measured 35 variables that could quantify social disorganization of the neighborhood. After collecting and analyzing all of the data, Kingston et al. (2009) found that the youth who believed that they have no hope of succeeding in life, engaged in more criminal activity regardless of the socio-economic level of the neighborhood. In addition, neighborhoods that have many different races and cultures were less likely to have mutual trust issues and voluntary segregation among its
Shaw & McKay examined the juvenile court cases from 1900, 1920 and 1930 to test this hypothesis. They also collected their own data from field work. After the analysis of the court cases and their own data, Shaw & McKay realized that the majority of delinquencies were concentrated in commercial and industrial areas. The population of those areas experienced poverty, lack of residential mobility and racial heterogeneity. Their findings were condensed and ultimately formed the Social Disorganization …show more content…
The government provides researchers with money required to do conduct the study. In one instance, the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and National Institute on Drug Abuse authorized the study to examine the correlation of crime. Subsequently, the Denver Youth Survey was created to accomplish that goal. The first step was to systematically distribute it widely to Denver youth. The survey measured 35 variables that could quantify social disorganization of the neighborhood. After collecting and analyzing all of the data, Kingston et al. (2009) found that the youth who believed that they have no hope of succeeding in life, engaged in more criminal activity regardless of the socio-economic level of the neighborhood. In addition, neighborhoods that have many different races and cultures were less likely to have mutual trust issues and voluntary segregation among its