Crime rates in a major U.S. city appear to be located in particular neighborhoods closer to the city center. What are some important aspects a researcher would want to consider in choosing to examine the social disorder of neighborhoods and crime throughout the city? Explain why this is important to examine through social disorganization theory.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary and may include mention of any of the following (depending on focus in class):
• poverty, population turnover, racial/ethnic heterogeneity, density, mixed land use, transience, dilapidation, family disruption, and urbanization
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