Social Disorganization Theory: Support

Key

Authors

Concepts

Robert J. Sampson

Chicago School of Urban Sociology (Shaw and McKay)

Robert Park

Ernest Burgess

Edwin Sutherland

Ruth Cavan

Social Structure

Immigration

Poverty

Urban

Broken Families

Poor Education

Poor Parenting

Shaw and McKay 1942

Urban Environments

Social Structures of Poverty

Breakdown of family structure

Poor parenting

Poor education

Generational

Single parent homes

High crime in inner city

Lower crime outside the city

I support the concepts of the social disorganization theory because there is statistical evidence of higher crime rates in poor, inner city communities.