Explain the history of social disorganization and ecological theories and its relevance to practical approaches and programs suggested by these theories.
What will be an ideal response?
These theories drew on a number of influences. A central starting point of the Chicago school was research about urban patterning and development that was undertaken during the 1920s and 1930s. The influx of new inhabitants and greater mixing of ethnicities in American cities led to conflicts between older, more established residents and recent immigrants. Another influence was the so-called moral statisticians in France and Belgium who attempted to find spatial patterns in criminal activities. Finally, Chicago school social disorganization theorists viewed cities as the natural habitat of humans and believed that there were parallels between plant/animal communities and human communities. More specifically, they embraced the notion of “webs of life,” or ecosystems. Plants, animals, and even humans must live in an environment of competitive cooperation, thereby forming a natural economy. This approach came to be known as human ecology.
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