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Discuss the theory of social disorganization as presented by Shaw and McKay.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


(Question #2) Criminal subculture is primarily based on ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


(Question #3) Shaw and McKays theory saw the delinquent gang as a(n) ________ response to slum conditions.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


(Question #4) According to strain theory, limited or nonexistent chances of success are called ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


(Question #5) In Mertons version of strain theory, the set of purposes and interests a culture defines as legitimate objectives for individuals are called ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


(Question #6) When delinquents commit crimes for the hell of it, Cohen refers to this as ________.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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6 years ago
1)  The answer should include the following points:


  • juvenile delinquency results from the breakdown of social control among the traditional primary groups because of the social disorganization of the community

  • concept of ecology to explain the relationship between social disorganization and delinquency

  • juvenile delinquency and urban areasecological insights

  • influence of social disorganization of the community to the importance of economics on high rates of delinquencydifferential opportunity structure

  • cultural transmission theoryjuvenile and adult gangs

  • study of delinquent boys over thirty-three-year periodvast majority from areas adjacent to the central business and industrial districts of the city

  • construction of a series of concentric circles based on Burgesss concentric zone hypothesis of urban growthmeasuring delinquency rates by zones and by areas within the zones



2)  Answer: criminal values

3)  Answer: normal

4)  Answer: blocked opportunities

5)  Answer: culturally defined goals

6)  Answer: nonutilitarian
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thanks for your help
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