Why are neighborhoods plagued by high levels of joblessness more likely to experience low social organization?
552847
When you have a neighborhood with a high rate of joblessness you are faced with a populace who becomes more concerned with a roof over their head and food on the table than any more esoteric concerns......referring back to Maslow's hierarchy of needs----safety issues and basic physical issues come before abstractions.  Its hard to get excited about say, litter or vandalism or even school or tax issues when you are worried about feeding your family.
870950
I don't really think help is there.  The shelters make you leave early in the morning.  Most jobs require that you have a telephone so they can call you if they want to hire you.  People in the shelters get robbed, unless they don't have anything.  Sure, lots of the homeless like living that way, but for ones that don't like it, it's not easy.
381509
Sorry, but it's really just a sign of the times, and less caused by the neighborhood (an excuse given by many parents), and more caused by the parenting. Establishing good values EARLY and seting a good example through personal behavior is key. Once kids see that they dont have to be the ruff-tuff, gangsta wannabe to survive, they will choose their own path if they have a strong enough sense of identity. The whole neighborhood thing is kind of an excues, although if you let the streets raise your kid, what street they grow up on will matter a lot more.
150692
I think its our nature as social beings.  ANd being social beings, being left out decreases our rate of survival because humans function communally and not individually.(in our modest beginnings)  So fast forwrard that to the present...old habits die hard i guess.  Nobody wants to be alone.  Those who put an act are the ones who are in need of the most love.
439573
Because people don't care enough about thier communities to pick up their trash and to avoid making messes.  \n\nIt is easy to throw the responsibility for our problems onto the government , but the truth is that when the people in a neighborhood come together (on their own) and start caring about thier community, that's when things get cleaned up.  The government can't keep our cities clean, but the people in individual neighborhoods can.
481240
Social conflicts as in internal or external? Perhaps you can elaborate on your question -but I take it you mean internal.\n\nIn other countries most people don't have regular jobs and their lives are lived from on day to another. they have lost all hope and have mostly given up on their government promising change and reforms. This especially applies to young people. When millions of young men have nothing to do and are pissed off -you get them rallied up for some bullshit cause and blame everyone else including the West, you got yourself a whole bunch of terrorists -and the is the shortest answer possible.
769510
Brilliant question. I believe it is the cultural layering we get as we are socialized into our various "clans" (religions, class structures, value systems, etc etc). This formative experience shapes us, molds us away from being truly empathic and into being more regimented and con-formative.
112662
Tracks divide neighborhoods. Often the other side of the tracks meant the poor or"bad" neighborhood. Americans arn't as much racist as they are classist.
1181852
There several things involved with socioeconomics and academic achievement.\n\nFirst, usually the best schools are in the best neighborhoods. People with money make sure their kids attend the best schools, some public and some private. It neighborhoods where homes are expensive, the monies raised from taxes go to the schools there and they are usually full of the best equipment, teachers ,etc.\n\nSecond, the schools in poor neighborhoods are usually run down, have over worked, under paid teachers (many just out of college). The learning environment is pretty poor. \n\nRecently, on Oprah, they showed the very sad physical state of schools in poor neighborhoods vs in wealthier neighborhoods. The difference was unbelieveable.\n\nParents in more disadvantaged neighborhoods are scraping by, have little education themselves and some are on drugs/alcohol or single parent homes. This environment is not the best to succeed for their children.  Reading needs to begin early, there are studies showing that children need to be introduced to reading BEFORE school, or they will lag behind the other children. Some poor children don't get introduced to reading until the first time they attend school and at home they rarely get read to by parents/caregivers.\n\nUnfortunately, in this world, the wealthier you are the better chance you have of higher achievement. But, that does not mean a person of a poor background can't achieve, many have, it takes a great deal of determination though.
112879
to find the community they lack
421424
People who live in large cities are less likely to be inbred.
1132790
it depends on the social values/level of the local community
399142
First of all AA is a particular diaspora and does not apply to all Black people. To answer your question in some cases the minute Black people or any other non WASP group move into a neighborhood no one wants to invest in it. Without resources a neighborhood won't thrive.  I'v seen this happen.  Everyone left and took everything with them. Only thing that was left was an auto parts dealer and Walmart, no one can live on those wages.  They left because of Racism plain and simple. I also think it is a mind thing, the minute a black child leaves the womb thier stamped with Deprived or Inner city or Ghetto or Crime.  It doesn't go away you have to make it go away, If those things were true I wouldn't be working on my 2nd Master's right now. Also there is this stigma that comes with black neighborhoods. That is, that their must be more crime there. So you will have, White males cruzing the streets harrasing women and young girls and trying to by drugs. Like I said before Black neighborhoods lack resources if their were more places to go for help instead of the police station we would be better off. \n\nMy Boss (who is white)asked if it is a good idea to start hiring students at the nearby high school.  The school is mostly Black.  She was concerned that she might have trouble with these kids.  I took offense to this and we began to talk. She asked me why don't we all stick together instead of killing each, why is there so much crime and black women on Welfare. I kindly told her that we are not the ones on Welfare, her people are, and White people kill each other all the time I don't hear the term White on White crime. I also told her that if she paid people decent wages and start some college and mentoring program that might help. She didn't like that answer and she stated a scholorship at a surburban prep school that was mostly white.  I didn't understand, most of the people at my job (who are Black and my job is in a Black Neighborhood) didn't either, so we started a mentoring program.  This reasoning is part of the problem. She completely wrote off a group of people imagine 20 people thinking this way now imagine thoudsands, get my point.  She had it drilled into her her whole life by watching tv and reading the newspaper that Black people are lazy and don't want to work, steal and rape white women. That's part of the problem and that's why there is crime because no one wants to invest. So people sell drugs and their bodies so they can eat and feed their kids. They feel depressed because of their state, so they drink and do drugs. The media creates a demand to have Ipods and shiny jewerly and cars, so they rob and steal to make themselves feel apart of something.  They  go to jail and when they are released can't find a decent job so the are back to selling drugs and their bodies.  They start using drugs again which is observed by their kids so they learn early. Then the cycle starts over and over again.  Just think that, if someone invested in some of these neighborhoods, with better health service and decent paying jobs the cycle would stop.
997943
Greed and selfishness. Loneliness and the need for attention.
83064
Unfortunately, the above answer is incorrect. It is the social context of the group and the socioeconomics of each group. Not the violence or the crime.
1059205
A very 'judgemental' question ... do you actually know many or are you just jumping to the conclusion you are saying they jump to?\n\nRight or wrong people mix in their own social classes due to proximity of the areas they live in, business connections and attending the same events.  While there will be many who will actively avoid "people of less affluence" I think that to generalise on the basis of a perceived attribute (i.e. lack of trust) is wrong.\n\nPeace out
568442
If the unemployment rate increased the crime rate would also rise.  The two are highly correlated.  Look at cities with high unemployment rates and compare their crime rates to cities with lower unemployment rates.