Social Disorganization Theory Of Criminal Behavior

Social Strain Theory and criminal offending are seen by most theorist as a way of understanding what could be the causes of youth committing crimes. Theorist are very concern if social strain theory really does have the answer to why this is happening, but they also believe that the result may be inconclusive, because of all the different variables and independent variables that could be used in their research. We will take a look at this theory, and see if they and ask our participants from the state of Georgia inner-city neighborhoods a few question that they will supply their own answer to, and then ask them an open-ending question face to face and ask them to choose the answer that best state why they might commit a crime or not. If we are able to understand the results then we hope we can implement it into policy. And by incorporating it into policy, then we might be able to design a strategy that will help LEOs or other agencies to reduce youth offending, deter criminal acts and future crimes. Lastly, so with the implementation of social strain theory into the policy and the evaluation of the data, discussion and the questions we can create a foundation for further research studies to build on our results.

Within the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, the low income areas and housing developments are rampant with what we call order maintenance crimes. These are mostly misdemeanor crimes such as drugs, public intoxication, vandalism, loitering, panhandling, and prostitution. These crimes cause disruptions in the community and usually involve the same individuals time after time. Most of the individuals are not from the communities where these violations are committed.

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The psychological theories assume that criminal behavior is a result of individual differences in thinking processes. There are many different psychological theories; however, they all believe that it is the person's thoughts and feelings that dictate their actions. The problems with thinking can lead to criminal behavior. I think one of the benefits of criminal justice professionals studying psychological theories is an attempt to measure the intelligence associated with criminals and why they commit crimes. The belief is also to shift the thinking process from the idea that criminals are biologically inferior to the idea that they are intellectually inferior. (Bohm & Vogel, 2011) The psychological theories indicate that certain mental condition like personal disturbance

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This theory focuses strictly on social influences on behavior, however it fails to take into account the biological factors which might lead to criminal behaviors. Biology can cause mental illness, learning disabilities, and impulsiveness, any of which could cause an otherwise law abiding person to commit a crime. So when testing this theory, social learning theorists would fail to account for biological factors, which could cause spuriousness in the results.

Criminological theory The social disorganization theory portrays a concept that people are split between two groups: those in control who have power and money and those who are poor with no say in the law. Actions are based on views of morals, trustworthiness, and the communities influence. This is similar to how America is ran today. Those who have power control the laws, money, and those who are poor are supposed to listen and trust those who we vote for to uphold the law, commitment to keep the country safe and running.

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For years, gang crime has been loathed by society, as society has perceived it to threaten the well-being of its members. In addition to the fear of gang violence, concerns have been raised of gangs polluting youth; hence, policing strategies have emerged more increasingly in an attempt to put an end to the delinquency. Nevertheless, for society the causation of gang crime has been discussed to a lesser extent; thus, the objective of this essay will be to depict a viable explanation of gang crime through the use of two criminological theories. To accomplish the task at hand; I shall, define gang crime, provide a description of social disorganization theory, illustrate how the application of social disorganization theory provides an explanation of gang crime, describe differential opportunity theory, demonstrate how differential opportunity theory can explain gang crime, and exemplify as to which theory provides a superior explanation of gang crime. In the end, it will be clear that social disorganization theory is a superior explanation of gang crime in comparison to differential opportunity theory, due to its ability to deliver a more enhanced explanation than the one that is provided by differential opportunity theory.

To fulfill the requirement of this assignment, I chose the theory of social disorganization I also selected assault as the type of crime for this assignment.

The principals of psychological theory is “Psychological determinants of deviant or criminal behavior may be understood in terms of exploitative personality characteristics, poor impulse control, emotional arousal; immature personality.” The assumptions of psychological theory is the individual is primary unit of analysis, personality is a major motivational element. Crime can result from abnormal mental process, it is caused by diseased mind, and improper conditioning. The development of psychological theories goes from Behaviorism to early psychological to personality. Personality falls into this with psychopathy which is “individuals who have a personality disorder, especially one manifested in aggressive antisocial behavior; who lacks

Social learning, Social control, labeling theory share one key factor, it influences criminal behavior. Another thing these all share is the influences and impact society has on turning an individual into a criminal. The comparisons between these three theories to my knowledge are linked together building off each other. They all seek to understand what makes a person turn to a life of crime. In Social learning explains crime as a learned behavior.

A crime is an unlawful act that you can be convicted for by a state or other authority. Crime is something that inevitably happen. There are some things that are linked to a decrease in crime rate. Two of the most common or talked about factors in crime is education and family. Studies have been conducted over the years that link education to a decrease in crime.

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