What does it mean to say that a community is “socially disorganized”? How might Social Disorganizatio Theory help to explain the occurrence of street violence in today’s inner-city communities? Be sure to use the empirical literature to support your argument.

CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY.

1. Describe social disorganization theory. Be sure to include a discussion of how Park’s Concentric Zone Theory influenced the development of Shaw & McKay’s Social Disorganization Theory?
2. What does it mean to say that a community is “socially disorganized”? How might Social Disorganization Theory help to explain the occurrence of street violence in today’s inner-city communities? Be sure to use the empirical literature to support your argument.

3. After reading the Chapters 5-8 of Garbarino’s Listening to Killers, choose one of the individuals interviewed. Use social disorganization to explain your subject’s behavior. Be sure to use the literature to support your argument.