What are some differences between anomie and social disorganization/ecological theories?
What will be an ideal response?
In some ways these theories are similar, in that both look at the role of institutions and relationships in crime rates. However, whereas social disorganization and ecological approaches look at how relationships among those in neighborhoods, communities, and cities relate to crime rates, anomie theories focus on how economic arrangements (namely, capitalism) lead to internal divisions that then influence relationships. This speaks to a philosophical difference between those who have advanced these two theories. Those who embraced anomie theories have distaste for the inequalities inherent in American capitalism and focus on the need to change the political structures that produced the inequalities that increased the alienation experienced by lower-class youth. Social disorganization theorists, on the other hand, focus on how numerous interrelated elements within cities, communities, and neighborhoods influence crime rates.
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