You will post a 250-word reply to 2 classmate’s threads. The reply requires a minimum of 1 properly formatted citation. Each reply must be completed by you, the individual student. Additionally, each thread and reply must reflect a solid Christian worldview through the use of at least 1 Holy Bible reference. Responding to a classmate’s post requires both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts that merely affirm, restate, or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point deductions.   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Reply Kamesha B,) Perspectives of Social Disorganization Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de Beccaria is known as the father of the the classical school of criminology/father of criminal justice and influenced and inspired what we know today as the American criminal justice system.  One of the most revolutionary ideas within the American Criminal Justice System is the concept of Due Process. In this paper I will examine elements within the criminal justice system that are based on or are residual processes from Beccaria’s work, more specifically the concept of Due Process. Social Disorganization Social disorganization is a theory that was created by Shaw and Mckay that is used to explain the breakdown of social control that causes different levels of crime based on the factors shaping the relationships within and across neighborhood communities (Bernard, Snipes, Gerould, & Vold, 2016, p. 142,144).   Factors of a Socially Disorganized Neighborhood Kornhauser discussed the basic argument that within neighborhoods where people are poor, live in racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods, frequently move from place to place will have difficulty assimilating and maintaining social relationships within the neighborhood (Bernard, Snipes, Gerould, & Vold, 2016, p.144). I think these factors plus distrust of the police, and single parent households contribute to the social disorganization of neighborhoods and communities. It seems that residents within those neighborhoods often disassociate themselves from the responsibility of camaraderie with the people who live around them and the overall responsibility of making sure the neighborhood or community achieves their common goals of social control. Lack of Ability and Willingness for Social Control. Triplett, Sun, and Gainey examined the ability and willingness of neighborhoods to enact social control, and it’s influence on crime rates (Triplett, R., Sun, I., & Gainey, R., 2005). ...

1. You will post a 250-word reply to 2 classmate’s threads. The
reply requires a minimum of 1 properly formatted citation. Each
reply must be completed by you, the individual student.
Additionally, each thread and reply must reflect a solid
Christian worldview through the use of at least 1 Holy Bible
reference. Responding to a classmate’s post requires both the
addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by
the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis
in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response
post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon
initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of
the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts
that merely affirm, restate, or unprofessionally quarrel with the
previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive
contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point
deductions.
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(Reply Kamesha B,)
Perspectives of Social Disorganization
Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de Beccaria is known as the father
of the the classical school of criminology/father of criminal
justice and influenced and inspired what we know today as the
American criminal justice system. One of the most
revolutionary ideas within the American Criminal Justice
System is the concept of Due Process.

2. In this paper I will examine elements within the criminal justice
system that are based on or are residual processes from
Beccaria’s work, more specifically the concept of Due Process.
Social Disorganization
Social disorganization
is
a theory that was created by Shaw and Mckay that is used to
explain the breakdown of social control
that causes different
levels of crime based on the factors shaping the relationships
within and across neighborhood communities (Bernard, Snipes,
Gerould, & Vold, 2016, p. 142,144).
Factors of a Socially Disorganized Neighborhood
Kornhauser discussed the basic argument that within
neighborhoods where people are poor, live in racially and
ethnically diverse neighborhoods, frequently move from place
to place will have difficulty assimilating and maintaining social
relationships within the neighborhood (Bernard, Snipes,
Gerould, & Vold, 2016, p.144). I think these factors plus
distrust of the police, and single parent households contribute to
the social disorganization of neighborhoods and communities. It
seems that residents within those neighborhoods often
disassociate themselves from the responsibility of camaraderie
with the people who live around them and the overall
responsibility of making sure the neighborhood or community
achieves their common goals of social control.
Lack of Ability and Willingness for Social Control.
Triplett, Sun, and Gainey examined the ability and willingness
of neighborhoods to enact social control, and it’s influence on

3. crime rates (Triplett, R., Sun, I., & Gainey, R., 2005).
When I reviewed the article I observed that the researchers felt
four factors influenced the willingness for neighborhoods to
enact social control: neighborhood structural characteristics,
trust, environmental characteristics, and ability (Triplett, R.,
Sun, I., & Gainey, R., 2005). The researchers looked at social
ties, quality of police services, and cooperation with the police
as a way to shape ability and willingness to enact social control
and their effects on neighborhood crime rates (Triplett, R., Sun,
I., & Gainey, R.,2005)
Personal Experience with Houston Neighborhoods
Upon reflecting on my days on patrol, I patrolled in two
different districts/neighborhoods within the City of Houston.
The first neighborhood I patrolled was predominantly single
dwelling residential homes and the second neighborhood I
patrolled was a low income apartment home communities with
some single dwelling residential homes. While there were some
distinct differences within the neighborhoods the interesting
part was that I observed some similar criminal patterns within
both neighborhoods, but it was the way members of the
neighborhood handled. Both areas were predominantly Black
and Hispanic, one area was lower middle class with
predominantly homeownership, and the other area was lower
income with very little homeownership.
I did observe from the area where majority of the residents were
homeowners, there was more pride in the overall appearance of
the neighborhood. The residents of that neighborhood were
more willing to cooperate with and assist the police in order to
stop criminal activity. There was an overall sense of
accountability and a level of responsibility for the state of the
neighborhood. In the neighborhood were there were more
apartments and less homeownership the disassociation with the

4. neighborhood was evident. There was a lack of desire to assist
police in stopping crime, members of that neighborhood often
turned an eye to the criminal activities and would not get
involved with assisting police in solving crimes to stop the
criminal activity.
Overall I saw how not seeing something and saying something
impacted the level of criminal activity within the community. I
saw how more people within the neighborhood that had no real
responsibility became victims of the crimes that they turned a
blind eye to. It is an important function of the members of the
neighborhood to police within their neighborhood, speak up
when they observe the teenagers vandalizing the buildings, call
police when they observe drug dealing on the corner, help to be
the change that can transmogrify the neighborhood.
Social Disorganization and the Bible.
When examining the idea of Social Disorganization from a
biblical standpoint and relating the concept to scripture I turned
to Jeremiah 12:10 which states “Many shepherds have ruined
my vineyard, They have trampled down My field; they have
made my pleasant field a desolate wilderness. I feel this
explains perfectly what transpires within a socially disorganized
neighborhood. I feel this scripture touches on my previous
point of how when society provides inadequate shepherding
(lack of involvement with protecting the neighborhood), it leads
to the neighborhood becoming destroyed.
In conclusion, social disorganization is a theory used to explain
how lack of social control impacts and contributes to criminal
activity within neighborhoods. Many factors contribute to
creating the disorganization. It is important to note that
members of neighborhoods need to participate within their
communities in order to combat crime. This can be achieved by

5. developing a connection and a sense of responsibility to
protecting the neighborhood.