Social Disorganization Theory: Delinquency In The United States

Social Disorganization Theory It was 1920 industrial revolution has finally took hold in United States and It was going strong. As the result cities were growing constantly. People that lived in rural arias moved to the cities to look for jobs. Booming cities also brought shiploads of immigrants from Europe looking to escape harsh economic conditions and persecution inflicted upon them. Rapid and constant change of the city of Chicago peaked interests of two researchers looking to make name for themselves. Park and Burgess (1925) were interested to see firsthand human competition for limited space. After observing the city change over time they came up with the Concentric Zone Theory. That theory divided city of Chicago into five zones starting from the Central Business District of the city. Next zone was Transition zone. Then working class residential, middle class residential and final circle was commuter zone. As city got more chaotic residents wanted to escape to more peaceful neighborhoods. Those that could move moved to the most outward zone they could afford. People that were unable to move for economic reasons stayed in transitional and working class zone. Those people left were unable to provide basic necessities …show more content…
Osgood and Chambers (2000) wanted study and determine if rural communities in United States will be disorganized if there are shared factors between rural and urban neighborhoods. They analyzed 264 counties with population ranging from 560 to 98000. They found that social disorganization theory transitioned well from urban to rural setting. Family disruption was critical element in whatever disorganization accrued in the neighborhood. They suggested that parents engaged in their parental duties would increase informal social control in the neighborhood since most rural areas are more close nit communities than urban