Describe the Cycle of Disorder
What will be an ideal response?
The cycle typically begins with an overall fear of disorder by residents in a neighborhood, which leaves them feeling helpless and apathetic. Next, disorder increases and is easily identified by telltale signs, such as litter in the streets, growing numbers of vacant buildings, an increased number of groups of teens hanging out, broken windows throughout the neighborhood, and prostitutes working openly on the streets.
Residents who have lived in the neighborhood for years begin to move out, and those who stay
are less likely to go outdoors unless absolutely necessary. Because of divorce and unwanted pregnancies, new households are more likely to be single-parent families. Such an invasion of informal community control makes a neighborhood more susceptible to predatory and opportunistic offenders.
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