Discuss the theory of social disorganization as presented by Shaw and McKay
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
- juvenile delinquency results from the breakdown of social control among the traditional primary groups because of the social disorganization of the community
- concept of ecology to explain the relationship between social disorganization and delinquency
- juvenile delinquency and urban areas—ecological insights
- influence of social disorganization of the community to the importance of economics on high rates of delinquency—differential opportunity structure
- cultural transmission theory—juvenile and adult gangs
- study of delinquent boys over thirty-three-year period—vast majority from areas adjacent to the central business and industrial districts of the city
- construction of a series of concentric circles based on Burgess’s concentric zone hypothesis of urban growth—measuring delinquency rates by zones and by areas within the zones
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A juvenile who is taken into custody by the police first goes through ______, where he or she is screened to determine whether the case should proceed further in the juvenile justice system.
A. intake B. evaluation C. adjudication D. disposition
A crime prevention partnership between the public and the police together is the a. a. shop with a cop program
b. neighborhood watch program. c. D.A.R.E. program. d. P.O.P.S program.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three areas of inquiry cited by Australian criminologist Kathleen Daly as promising avenues for exploring the complexities of the gender ratio of offending?
A) gendered crime B) gendered lives C) gendered pathways D) gendered play
The Dispute Resolution Center in Durham, North Carolina, uses:
A) restitution between victims and offenders. B) alternative dispute resolution. C) mediators. D) All of the above