Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The University of Chicago’s infamous department of sociology was comprised of economists, historians, and journalists at first.
2. Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay found that rates of delinquency do not appear to be clustered and are far from the central business districts.
Ans: FALSE
3. Social disorganization theories tend to focus on groups and places rather than individuals.
4. According to Ruth Kornhauser’s approach to social disorganization theory, neighborhoods characterized by poverty, population turnover, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity cannot control their environments and achieve common goals.
5. Social disorganization research fails to include self-report surveys.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False

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