Discussion Forum 10: How Can We Organize Neighborhoods?

As we are learning about the criminogenic (causing crime) characteristics of neighborhoods, it is important to think about how we can overcome disorganization and organize the communities, instead. Read Starting with My Own Neighborhood: Johari James’ Vision of a Thriving

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Short Assignment #1

N.Y. Man Is Accused of 3 Shootings, 2 Fatal, in 24-Hour Crime Spree

Sundance Oliver is charged with murder of 2 innocent people 21 year old Kevon Langston, and 17 year old Keyaira Rattray. He is also being charged with …

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Short Assignment #3

The theory that I would choose to explain Tommy Shakur Ross’s involvement in gangs and crime would be the social disorganization theory. The social disorganization theory is the theory that individuals commit crimes based on their environments and the people …

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Assignment #4

I don’t believe bannaning traffic will help us to get a safe ride in NYC like other states because NYC has a lot of cars and too much traffic also at the same time everyday increases the violation. I want …

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Short assignment three

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Short Assignment 4

I do believe that banning traffic stops in places like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle,etc will bring positive changes to the justice system and the affected communities. This is because most of the time these traffic stops are because of cops …

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Short Assignment #4

I do believe that banning traffic stops will bring positive changes to justice due to the fact that police may stop people on their way to work can it can create frustration for people on their way to work that …

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assignment 4

Traffic stops don’t accomplish their task of deterring unsafe driving. I know multiple people who have gotten stopped because of tinted windows, or because of the type of car they were driving in certain neighborhoods. Theres a lot of racial …

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Short Assignment #4

Do you think we must rethink how we enforce traffic laws in cities and suburbs? Do traffic stops accomplish their task of deterring unsafe driving?

It would be effective to rethink how traffic laws should be enforced in the cities …

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Assignment #3 Ear Hustle

Social disorganization theory is a developed by Chicago School, the theory states that a broken society which is ineffective of social control results in a malfunctioning integration of groups. This was the case for Tommy Shakur Ross, he lived in …

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