Eastside Neighbourhood Crime

Recovery Policy
After reviewing over the economics and social profile of the neighbourhood as well as the information from the police there are many reasons to why the crime rate has been drastically increasing. Primary reason for these crime is because of the high poverty rate in the neighbour caused by the unemployment of the people who worked at the shipping yard. The lost of jobs lead people to find other ways to make money to pay for there necessities. The people in the neighbourhood didn’t have legitimate jobs because they could not find any work so they looked at selling drugs as a way of income. Drug trafficking and possession charges increased since more and more people started to get involved in the business in order to have some …show more content…
Although there are many theories which can help to explain the crime rise in the Eastside neighbourhood the social disorganization theory is most significantly in this case. Social disorganization theory states that the place matters and a persons surrounding and its neighbourhood characterises is a major factor in shaping the likelihood for them to be involved in criminal activities. In the case of Eastside neighbourhood poverty, high rate of unemployment, dilapidated housing are the reasons for high crime rate. If people are not able to earn money legally because of no job opportunities they will try getting it illegally. People in the neighbourhood are poor and are desperate to fulfill their needs even if it means by stealing it from someone else. The dilapidated housing areas provide criminals with a platform to perform criminal activities since they are empty and no one goes there. Another perspective which explains the rise of crime in the neighbourhood is the social control theory. According to control theory the social leaning and socializing skills of a person in a community helps them build self control and not take part in antisocial behaviour. The type of society a person lives in influences their values, morals and belief. When looking at the crimes from the perspective of control theory it is understandable why these crimes are increasing over time. Many of the young kids are no longer attending school or taking part in any co-curriculums activities due to cut down in social funding and educational funding are missing out on social learning opportunities. Their social learning and socialization skills are being build by spending time on the streets. By attending school and be involved in social activities teaches a person how to behaviour in a lawful environment. Having the