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SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION AND THEORIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS *
Author(s) -
BURSIK ROBERT J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1988.tb00854.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , perspective (graphical) , criminology , period (music) , sociology , positive economics , psychology , economics , computer science , physics , artificial intelligence , acoustics
After a period of decline in the discipline, the social disorganization model of Shaw and McKay is again beginning to appear in the literature. This paper examines five criticisms of the perspective and discusses recent attempts to address those issues and problems that are still in need of resolution.