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Showing 1 to 20 of 142 for “"Disorganization"”.
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Global Social Disorganization: Applying Social Disorganization Theory to the Study of Terrorist Organizations
… whether a classic criminological theory, social disorganization theory, can be applied to the study of terrorist organizations. Drawing from several cross-national data sources, this study operationalizes Shaw and McKay's (1942; 1969) original measures of social disorganization, residential …
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Race, Social Disorganization and Delinquency
… and delinquency was examined looking at social disorganization factors. It was hypothesized that there would be racial and ethnic differences in delinquency and that these differences would be accounted for by social disorganization factors, specifically collective efficacy and economic …
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Social Disorganization In University Residence Halls
Social disorganization theory researchers have paid little attention to college and university campuses. To build on this limited research the current study attempted to analyze the incident rates on The University of Mississippi's Oxford campus to ascertain if social disorganization theory …
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Essays on ‘disorganization’ in contemporary organizations.
… has been replaced with the broader concept of ‘disorganization’. In its various incarnations (i.e. chaos, disorder, mess, entropy), disorganization has been explored in many biological, cultural, social, legal, physical, information and political systems. Disorganization is universally …
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Governmental disorganization in the Metropolitan District
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1947.
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Social disorganization theory and crime rates on California community college campuses
… college campuses. The study utilized social disorganization theory to examine those relationships by aggregating data from the 113 campuses that are required to submit data on an annual basis to state and federal agencies. Crime data from the 2011 Clery report was separated into personal …
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Institutionalizing Juveniles: An Analysis By Social Disorganization Controlling For Arrest Rates
… data by geographic location, measures of social disorganization, gender and race for the years 1993, 1994, and 1995 for each county and independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Regression analysis indicated that a rural/urban difference does not exist for all incarceration categories …
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American Indian Homicide; A County Level Analysis Utilizing Social Disorganization Theory Revisted
… A County-Level Analysis Utilizing Social Disorganization Theory" has been referred to as a highly influential piece of literature on American Indian homicide. The study looked at American Indian homicide victimization incidents by county between 1986 and 1992 in the continental United …
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LAWFUL PATTERNS OF EARLY ATTACHMENT DISORGANIZATION ARE RELATED TO EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS ACROSS CHILDHOOD
… the current study investigates the patterns of disorganization from infancy to early childhood as precursors to childhood externalizing behaviors. With specific focus on both the stability and directionality of change in disorganization, latent growth curve modeling was conducted and showed …
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A Secondary Analysis of Social Disorganization Theory in Urban Neighborhoods of Mexico City
… attributes that are relative to social disorganization theory as revised by Sampson and Grove’s 1989 article. This study examines the association between households who reported an incident of victimization and their demographic composition. The demographic variables consist of …
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Social Disorganization, Crime, and Displacement: An Evaluation of HOPE VI in Lexington, Kentucky
… residents could predict higher levels of social disorganization. It was hypothesized that areas where HOPE VI residents chose to move would be significantly more likely to be disadvantaged in terms of crime, family structure, housing, and affluence. Poisson-based regression models indicated that …
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War on Drugs: Examining the Effects on Social Disorganization and Crime in Cities
… environment and its effects on residents. Social disorganization, characterized by weakened institutions led researchers to analyze and predict patterns of crime in urban areas. Researchers argue that social disorganization theory arguments developed from this approach, but lost appeal among …
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Geographical Analysis of Offender Vulnerability: Modeling Coastal Hazards and Social Disorganization in Southern Mississippi
… from the criminology literature into the Social Disorganization Index (SDI). Hazus-MH 4.2.1 determined physical vulnerability for the 100-year return period. The results show that disorganized neighborhoods are not at significant risk from coastal or inland flooding and are moderately at-risk …
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An Analysis of the Effects of the Social Disorganization Theory on Juveniles in Georgia
<p>Social disorganization is represented by an inability of community members to attain mutual goals or to resolve commonly experienced problems (Bursik, 1988). Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay were the first sociologists to denote this occurrence in Chicago. Shaw and McKay are examined as reputable …
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Social disorganization and individual choice: A multi-level causal model of the etiology of delinquency.
Social disorganization and individual choice: A multi-level causal model of the etiology of delinquency.
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Attachment disorganization in infancy: a developmental precursor to maladaptive social information processing at age eight
… children with organized attachments. Attachment disorganization did not predict aggressive responses or aggressive response evaluation, and attachment insecurity did not predict any stages of social information processing. Results further our understanding of the problematic long-term outcomes …
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Disasters And Disorganization: The Flood Of 2022 In Eastern Kentucky And The Struggles That Linger
In July of 2022, a generational flood washed out many small communities across 13 Kentucky counties in Central Appalachia. This disaster, like previous disasters, uncovered structural and socioeconomic issues perpetuated by those in power that were hidden from the outside world. Minimal news …
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Association of multidimensional schizotypy with cognitive-behavioral disorganization in daily life: An experience sampling methodology study
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms
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The Development, Psychometric Analyses and Correlates of a New Self-Report Measure on Disorganization and Role Reversal
… a convenient self-report measure, the Childhood Disorganization and Role Reversal Scale (CDRR: Meier & Bureau, 2012), which comprehensively assesses for the complexity of those attachment constructs in young adults. The CDRR is a novel measure as it assesses the unique attachment representations …
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