Social Decay in Jamica

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Dwynette Ferguson Karlene Powell ENGL120 October 22, 2012 “Combating Social Decay within the Jamaican Society” Social decay can be defined as the state of a city and its culture when its population is too great and the subsequent infrastructural behavioral problems that are associated with excess becomes obvious; in short, social decay is losing one’s sense of morality and ethics over time. Social decay can be seen on both the physical level of everyday life in a city and on the emotional states of its inhabitants. In order to combat social decay one must first identify the cause of social decay, some of which include poverty, crime, indiscipline or irresponsible persons and unemployment. Although social decay pose a great threat within the Jamaican society, with just a few simple adjustments such as help from the government to assist with both rate of unemployment and crime, and instilment of moral and ethics within the family our problems can be easily overcome. The government can assist in many various ways to halt social decay within today’s society. A wide variety of factors may cause social decay. Most of these factors arise as a result of troubled socioeconomic conditions. When job opportunities are scarce as a result of shifting conditions or discriminatory concerns, most citizens of an urban center will move away in search of opportunities. The few citizens who are left behind may compete for scarce opportunities and seek to draw welfare benefits or find other measures to getting money. To combat and further halt this problem, the government can provide jobs or make more jobs readily available. Also, the government can try to create demand in the economy by giving grants to businesses to produce goods or have projects such as road building. However, if there is a situation where companies or the government cannot afford to pay workers, they can cut
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