Community areas of Chicago

While the history of Rome is remarkable and unique, it can, interestingly, be compared and analyzed against a modern version of a great metropolis, which is Chicago. In evaluating the Roman culture in the relationship to the American cultural system, one can point out many similarities between the ancient city and the modern town of Chicago. Over the last several millennia Rome has undergone many transformations that led to its image being altered and transformed. One such change began…

The breakdown of the social institutions established in a given area is the next principle that leads to social disorganization. Social control sounds harsh, but it is really established to make sure the society in which it is working stays fit as a well oiled machine, rather than chickens running around with their heads cut off. In an area with a lack of social control, that being: good schools, close families, and even law enforcement, natural order takes over, which is the “no one’s in charge…

“conservation”. Therefore, this had shifted the focus to areas that is threatened by diseases and enlarged the constructions of the federal government to support beyond residential (Pattillo, 310). During several class discussions, we focused on urbanism within the society. The class opened with defining urban and how the form of urban itself and cities varies greatly by culture and historical periods. Apparently, urban was once considered as any area that consisted of a population…

Chicago gun violence is getting so bad that is causing mental health issues for people's affected by it. a woman named Kimberly Greer who has been unable to get a good night of rest for the last four years after two of her children were victims of gun violence. Her son Ricky and her nephew Jordan died but her daughter Ryan lived after a shot to the Head and works super hard to regain her motor skills. Greer is only one of thousands of people that live in the west and south sides of Chicago who…

of all classes and ethnicities can come together. The Columbian World's Fair located in Chicago, Illinois 1893 emphasizes this idea that the city is not only a place of work, but also a place of leisure and a place that people of all identities can come together. The purpose of the exposition was to bring the art and industry of all nations around the world together in one place. In the summer of 1893 Chicago was transformed and from May to October the city served as a place for all of America…

Chicago school of criminology is an institution that stems from the end of the first world war. It began as a section of the post-progressive era social science movement. The school marked the stable institution of sociology in the United States of America. It developed as a result of urbanization and expansion of Chicago and the increase in crime rates. The theorists in the institution focused on the changes occurring in the neighborhood. The main school of thought is on urban sociology, social…

lot of communities have been effected due industrialization, predominantly poverty and other social factors. Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay who were employed and researcher at the University of Chicago decided to research crime as initially suggested by other scholars’ who provided a basis for understanding the social roots of crime. Shockingly, the research conducted by Shaw and McKay’s concluded that delinquency flourish in poor neighborhood as opposed to more affluent communities. In…

Southside of Chicago. Living conditions were not good though; housing areas were extremely crammed. Homes that were meant to house 11,000 residents actually housed 27,000 (Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011). The Southside was primarily made up of African-Americans, in fact, according to Chicago Southside 1950’s, 2011, it was considered the “Capital of Black America.” In A Raisin in the Sun, a play written by Lorraine Hansberry, the difficulties of African-American families living in Chicago were…

segregation in America was still a big social and ethical problem. Originally gangs where not organized to be violent and to commit crimes. These smalls crews where founded and established to provide peace and protection to the African American community during the civil rights movement. Even before the civil rights movement the African American citizens practiced spiritual principles like love, and truth to teach their youth a better life than what they knew. The citizens of America during…

Ten years ago, the city of Chicago, Illinois, made a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Although they came close to victory, the International Olympic Commission (IOC) awarded the hosting rights to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Chicago was knocked out in the first round of voting (“Rio to host 2016 Olympics,” 2009). It was a memorable win for South America as Rio became their first city to ever host an Olympics. In contrast, Chicago’s loss left its own inhabitants with some mixed…