Shaw and McKay
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This posting describes what Shaw and McKay describe as a transitional area.
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Research about crime from Shaw and McKay is briefly mentioned.
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Please also note that Shaw and McKay align crime as a cause/effect product. In other words, they see decaying transitional neighborhood as direct effects of social disorganization. Their studies derive from studies of ecological patterns of concentric zones in Chicago. Their studies prove that zones with the highest crime are typically the transitional inner-city zones; ...
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