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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