1. Juvenile Justice in America
SOC 106
Part 7-1:
Communities and Delinquency

2. Community thought
- geographic
- people / common interests
- legal sense
a. Not only geographic region
- ‘sense of integration’
- shared values
(1) Community
- we live
- feel apart of

3. (2) Research
- no one cares
- disorder / crime
(a) “Broken Window Phenomenon”
- one un-repaired window
- breaking more
(b) Police not called
- escalate
- trash / unkempt vacant lots

4. (3) Lack of trust
- neighbors / police
- aggressors
- escalate
(a) Neighbors not care
- not become involved
(b) Police involvement
- not try
b. How youth view

5. - their world
- legitimate: pimp / prostitute / drug pusher
- crime / destruction / devastation
(1) Community efforts
- attempt to change
(a) Foster homes
- diversion alternatives
- victims / delinquents
- chance to mend
- parental preference

6. (b) Day treatment
- diversion
- school settings
- evening / weekend
- cost effective
(c) Alternative schools
- non-traditional
- 3 hours: morning / afternoon
- 19 credits / graduation
- drug abuse / anger control
- graduation ceremonies

7. (d) Youth centers
- midnight
- positive interactions
- volunteers
(e) Second-chance camps
- community based
- self-esteem / behavior
- pre-delinquent / runaway /
homeless
(f) Wilderness programs

8. - self-confidence
- maturity
- self-preservation
Urban disorder
- broken window
a. Primary thesis
- social / physical decay
- unchecked
- serious crime
- quality of life

9. (1) Social disorder
- prostitution / loitering / drinking
- drug sales / gangs
(2) Physical disorder
- trash / graffiti / abandoned cars
- needles / syringes / unkempt lawns
(a) Affect: insiders / outsiders
- move out of area
- refuse to move in
- avoidance

10. (b) Directly related
- social / physical
- mostly unobserved
b. Behind crime / disorder
(1) Structural characteristics
- specific
- certain neighborhoods
(a) Concentrated poverty
- joblessness

11. (b) Absence social resources
- no community services
- leave area
(c) Immigrant levels
- competing
- services / jobs
(2) Structural constraints
- not just economic
(a) Ownership vs. transient

12. - residential stability
- dedication
(b) Strong socially
- know neighbors
- help others
c. Cohesion / mutual trust
- neighborhood social control
(1) “Collective efficacy”
- intended effect

13. - greater strength /importance
(2) Taking action
- willing to help
- work with police