Social Disorganization Question and Answer Staycee Gibson CJA/384 December 16, 2013 Jessica Vesey What is Social Disorganization? Social disorganization is defined as complications of social ideas that create productive means of crime and social absence needed to form bonding elements and communal institutions related to family, friends, public settings, and social environments (Abadinsky, 2007). This type of organization often leads to delinquency committed by adults and youth when communities display negative support in activities involving moral decay of social control. Social disorganization is caused by anti-social inabilities involving community members and abnormal behavior from the same individuals that need complete guidance or support to perform proactive capabilities of social status. Social disorganization creates negative attributes of social control in racial or ethnic groups through normal convention means of unreliable support to enable individuals to resist from committing illegal actions.
Another possible answer comes from a facilitation model (Thornberry et al., 1993) in which the norms and the group processes within the gang encourage involvement in violence and other delinquency. If norms within gangs are favorable toward violence and delinquency, members would be expected to adhere to those norms and commit delinquent acts while they were a part of the group. "Once a person enters a group, reciprocal processes lead to further commonalties in activities, including deviant ones. There is a transmission of values and, for some networks, a contagion of social problems" (Cairns and Cairns, 1991:273). A third possibility is that both processes are in effect, operating in an enhancement model, as suggested by Cairns and Cairns (1991), Esbensen and Huizinga (1993), and Hill et al.
Concept of helping clients during the case management process The concept of helping clients during the case management process will reduce recidivism, enhance public safety, and promote success. The case management concept is complex because different components may happen at different times during the treatment process. Each individual is unique and different, so therefore, the treatment has to be different. Freeman (2001) stated, “The traditional case management plan calls for reduction of problematic symptoms by a certain percentage” (p. 77). Case managers are professionals who provide treatment and services to clients so they can live productive in society.
Crime can affect the way individuals perceive others generally creating bias and prejudice within a person’s frame of thought; hopefully we can make someone think a little differently. Social structure theories generally put forth that the disadvantaged economic class is a primary cause of crime. It states that neighborhoods which are “lower class” create forces of strain, disorganization, and frustration that lead to the action of crime, they have used these to put them into classes; social disorganization, strain theory and cultural deviance. Social disorganization theory suggests that slum dwellers violate the law because they live in areas where social control has broken down. The origin of social disorganization theory can be traced to the work of Shaw and McKay, who concluded that disorganized areas marked by divergent values and transitional populations produce criminality.
This paper will serve to make an attempt to correlate the similarities of the social disorganization theory and organized crime, and evaluate the similarities of the political machine and organized crime as they apply to social disorganization. The study of crime has produced several theories; those that apply to organized crime are centered on how organized crime functions, and the relationship between the social environment and the individual and group within. According to Lyman and Potter "Some researchers link criminality to social conditions prevalent in neighborhoods. Many of them believe that the reasons crime rates are high in these areas are urban decay, a general deterioration of the ecology of inner cities, and general social and familial deterioration." (Lyman, Potter, 2007) Organized Crime is supposed to have structure and follow a regimented sequence that follows patterns during its day-to-day operations.
Lack of finance can cause families to live in poverty, which can then have adverse effects on health, life opportunities, employment, diet and wellbeing, which in turn can lead to more isolation. “social exclusion doesn’t only mean that poor people are likely to experience a number of simultaneous disadvantages: the key thinking that underpins the concept is that social problems are interconnected……..social exclusion can be addressed only by tackling the linked problems of unemployment, low qualifications…..in a joined up way” (Wiles, F., K101, Block 3, Unit 9, Pg 35/36). Children may not have the funds to access
Explain how mental ill health may have an impact on those in the individual’s familial, social or work network including: a) Psychological and emotional The individual may feel a multitude of negative emotions and find themselves going on a downward spiral, which makes the condition worse. b) Practical
Social closure means an individual is unable to move up or down the social ladder. There have been many changes in society that contribute to social closure such as the decline in heavy industries and an increase in service industries. This is coupled with the decline in traditional class alignment and people’s perceptions of themselves and class. And in modern day society we still see that it is the poorer people that are unable to be socially mobile. THEORIES In an attempt to explain class stratification there have been many different sociological perspectives.
First, legislation and agency policy and procedure demand that workers work in an anti-discriminatory manner. Secondly, the social care task involves challenging negative stereotypes that exist in relation to minority groups within our society. Thirdly, we cannot work effectively with individuals if we collude with discrimination and stereotypes. It is important to recognise that many individuals will need the support of care organisations due to the effects of prejudice. For example, the Carers of disabled older people may need to seek residential respite placements due to barriers experienced in accessing local facilities.
Unfortunately, if an individual is choosing to become homeless there are often much bigger, darker rooted problems. For example, an individual in an abusive domestic relationship may choose to leave their home without a place to go for fear of their own safety. I believe it is important that an individual has the ability to maintain autonomy in knowing that when circumstances such as these arise society has adequately prepared to help. Such help may include shelters for victims of domestic abuse and transition homes so that self-improvement may be encouraged. Unfortunately poverty and homelessness are so intertwined that those who find themselves living on the streets often enter a vicious cycle that may inhibit self-improvement and according to Mills may then affect the general welfare of