What is a Social Disorganization?
What will be an ideal response?
A condition said to exist when a group is faced with social change, uneven development of culture, maladaptiveness, disharmony, conflict, and lack of consensus.
• Provide students with a historical perspective of crime in the last half century. An effective way to highlight the changes is to simply provide a timeline of critical events—those discussed in this section. Discuss the importance of these high-profile cases and how they influence public understanding of criminal justice. Ask students what other high-profile crime events they remember.
• Engage students in a discussion of why crime and criminal justice are such important political issues. Ask them how the political process can be influenced by high-profile media events, such as any of the incidents discussed at the beginning of the chapter. Discuss the September 11 attacks with students, and then describe how politicians responded by enacting the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001.
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