In Which of the Following Ways Can Social Disorganization Theories

question 9

Multiple Choice

In which of the following ways can social disorganization theories be used to study neighborhoods and communities?

• A) researching learning styles of children
• B) examining case studies of life course criminal records
• C) mapping and plotting home addresses of delinquents using zones
• D) identifying juvenile offenders at high risk for maturing into adult offenders

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Definitions:

Disparity

A great difference or inequality between two or more things, often leading to an unfair situation.

Preoperational

The stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where children (aged 2 to 7) begin to engage in symbolic play and struggle with logic and taking the perspective of others.

Cognitive Development

Cognitive Development is the process by which a child learns to reason, solve problems, and gain knowledge through interaction with the world around them, as described in theories such as those by Piaget.

Piaget's Stages

A theory of cognitive development devised by Jean Piaget, which describes how children's understanding of the world changes through four stages of development.