It has been known for sometime that there are areas of Chicago that holds high concentrated disadvantage sectors and in turn crime is much higher in these areas. Policy particularly plays a tremendous role in ensuring that crime is not only reduced but also that the concentrated disadvantage vanishes. There are different aspects one could take, to implement policies to ensure these positive outcomes, but not all will necessarily work. According the Shaw and McKay (1942), social Change, social conflict and the absence of social consensus is the main cause of crime and nonconformity. The three policies that I will propose will not only disinfect concentrated disadvantage areas but also reduce crime.
Initially, when I think of the “Welfare system”, I think of families that are struggling to survive and hence they are dependent upon the government. …show more content…
In reality, many get into this system because either they choose not to work or the welfare system is particularly their way of life (Edin,1991, p. 462). Similar research found in, A “Perversion” of choice, by Rosen and Venkatesh (2008), found that interviewees concluded that sex work was just enough compared to working at a minimum wage job. As a policy maker in Chicago, the welfare system will do extensive background checks on individuals to ensure that they are not capable of getting a job. These background checks would include work history, interviewing neighbors, and merely watching the individuals claiming to not be able to provide for their family. This policy as it relates to the ecology of the neighborhood, will not only show communities that this is not an easy way out but that a job is going to be necessary in order to survive if one can work; dependent upon the government if one can work, will not be tolerated. This policy method will also look in retrospect and reevaluate every case. Families that are on welfare will continue to stay on welfare until the background check is done. If it is found that families can work, they will not only be taken off of welfare but they will also have to become apart of their community project that will be implemented to make the community in which they live in, great again. The time spent on welfare, for the families that got reevaluated, and taken off of welfare, will have to give all that time back this the community project. This approach should instill an ethic into the citizens of the concentrated disadvantage areas. That is, they will realize that they can’t beat the system and if done, there will be consequences. This welfare policy approach may appear to have negative effects but let me assure you, positive affects come too! For the families attempting to get on welfare, who are unemployed but have the capabilities to work, will have an opportunity to get into the workforce. They will enter a program called, The Bridge. The Bridge is another policy that I would implement to not only help …show more content…
This disadvantage is felt mostly by African Americans in the inner cities of Chicago. Therefore, if there is more concentrated disadvantage, then more people will get into crime and collective efficacy disappears and social isolation will become the norm (Shaw, McKay, 1942). My three policies discussed above, will lessen concentrated disadvantage and crime primarily, because citizens within communities will see that attempting to get on welfare will not be as easy as before, and if on welfare but had the capability to work, there will be consequences to pay. These penalties will be giving back to their disadvantage community in which they live in. These individuals will be made as an example for general deterrence; they are made as an example of what will happen for everyone to learn from (Cole, Smith and Dejong, 2016).
Lastly, these polices will reduce concentrated disadvantage and crime because everyone trying to get on welfare will be given an absolute opportunity to work for at least five months. If they can’t meet the minimum job requirements in those five months, they will receive rehabilitation. Once an individual gets accustom to a way of life, but can’t meet the minimum requirements of a job, and receives rehabilitation, that former way of life will be their motivation. Hence, receiving rehabilitation will be their motivation to getting back to that
Initially, when I think of the “Welfare system”, I think of families that are struggling to survive and hence they are dependent upon the government. …show more content…
In reality, many get into this system because either they choose not to work or the welfare system is particularly their way of life (Edin,1991, p. 462). Similar research found in, A “Perversion” of choice, by Rosen and Venkatesh (2008), found that interviewees concluded that sex work was just enough compared to working at a minimum wage job. As a policy maker in Chicago, the welfare system will do extensive background checks on individuals to ensure that they are not capable of getting a job. These background checks would include work history, interviewing neighbors, and merely watching the individuals claiming to not be able to provide for their family. This policy as it relates to the ecology of the neighborhood, will not only show communities that this is not an easy way out but that a job is going to be necessary in order to survive if one can work; dependent upon the government if one can work, will not be tolerated. This policy method will also look in retrospect and reevaluate every case. Families that are on welfare will continue to stay on welfare until the background check is done. If it is found that families can work, they will not only be taken off of welfare but they will also have to become apart of their community project that will be implemented to make the community in which they live in, great again. The time spent on welfare, for the families that got reevaluated, and taken off of welfare, will have to give all that time back this the community project. This approach should instill an ethic into the citizens of the concentrated disadvantage areas. That is, they will realize that they can’t beat the system and if done, there will be consequences. This welfare policy approach may appear to have negative effects but let me assure you, positive affects come too! For the families attempting to get on welfare, who are unemployed but have the capabilities to work, will have an opportunity to get into the workforce. They will enter a program called, The Bridge. The Bridge is another policy that I would implement to not only help …show more content…
This disadvantage is felt mostly by African Americans in the inner cities of Chicago. Therefore, if there is more concentrated disadvantage, then more people will get into crime and collective efficacy disappears and social isolation will become the norm (Shaw, McKay, 1942). My three policies discussed above, will lessen concentrated disadvantage and crime primarily, because citizens within communities will see that attempting to get on welfare will not be as easy as before, and if on welfare but had the capability to work, there will be consequences to pay. These penalties will be giving back to their disadvantage community in which they live in. These individuals will be made as an example for general deterrence; they are made as an example of what will happen for everyone to learn from (Cole, Smith and Dejong, 2016).
Lastly, these polices will reduce concentrated disadvantage and crime because everyone trying to get on welfare will be given an absolute opportunity to work for at least five months. If they can’t meet the minimum job requirements in those five months, they will receive rehabilitation. Once an individual gets accustom to a way of life, but can’t meet the minimum requirements of a job, and receives rehabilitation, that former way of life will be their motivation. Hence, receiving rehabilitation will be their motivation to getting back to that