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Define social disorganization and discuss the factors that are found in a socially-disorganized neighborhood as evidenced by peer-reviewed research conducted as well as personal experience with neighborhoods that would be considered socially disorganized according to definition. Additionally, how does the definition aligns with biblical perspectives?

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1. Definition - 150 words
2. Exemplification of the concept (use available literature and sources) - 200 words
3. Discuss vis-a-vis Biblical perspectives - 200 words
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Social Disorganization Theory
When community members are unable to come together under shared values or to solve problems together under a shared identity as one community, there is social disorganization. Social Disorganization Theory (SDT) has its roots in the Chicago School in the 70's from the earlier work of Park and Burgess on urban ecology, primarily that on urban ecology where dispersion from society's central function as 'one organism' and competition of resources have led to social problems and social stratification. Presently SDT is defined under the concepts influenced by Chicago School's Shaw and McKay (Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, 2021) and is still related to ecological concepts as well as migration, residential instability, delinquency and ethnic diversity. Specifically, Shaw and McKay (OJP Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence, 2003), " traced social disorganization to conditions endemic to the urban areas that were the only places the newly arriving poor could afford to live, in ...

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