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Urban Dynamics And Crime Control
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Urban life is usually
depicted with negativity stemming from the words of red field urban
sociology thus assumption cannot be regarded as far-fetched. The social
relationship in urban areas can almost be set at zero
tolerance.individuls are tooengroossed in securig there basic needs and
any other activity is deemed as secondary.the problem of crime in urban
sociologies as adispline.urban residents live with crime every day,from
non violence oriented crimes like rape,armd robbery and murder.also the
indiscriminate use of hard drug is becoming quite habitual among the
young people in the urban areas.with these mentiond,the question then
ariess that are there no way in which crime in urban ares can be
checked? In rural systems social control mechanism are mainly informled
in nature (though there are still formal mechanism present) since rural
communites are very homogeneous individals can be deterred from crime
when they are aware that someone close to them might discover any acts
of crime they commits. That is the closely larit relationship such as
immediate family members, the extended family and the other kinsmen
acting as a third eye and at the same time serving as a check on their
activities.
However in urban area the reverse is the case, the
heterogeneous nature of the resident caused by a near obsessive drive to
achieve the mainstream valves ( which is the acquisition of wealth was
diminishes any aspect or this informal fform of social control and even
if there was it would be as it’s most minimal.
The control of crime
is now left to the formal agents or social control, which is mainly the
police. The primary priority of the police is to secure and protect the
lives and property of the citizens. A rather rhetoric question can then
proposed, “how far have the police gone in fighting and cubing crime to
a considerable level?†this question can be regardedas rhetoric
considering the fact that the police in some cases are the prepetrators
of the problem in question crime. They have been know to carry out their
jutics in streaks of violence (reffered to as police brutality)
extorting the populace and forming alliances with criminal gangs.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
The
set of question will be the foundation on which this research will be
build on. The question will serve as a guide in reaching the goal of the
study urbanizes?
1. Is there a proportion increase in crime rate as an area urbanizes?
2. Why is crime more prevalent in urban area?
3. What are the perception of the urban residents of the police on safe-guarding life and property?
4. Are there any alternatives measures (a part from the police) for reducing crime in urban areas.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research is essentially a descriptive one bearing in mind that peevishly and work has gone in to issues of crime in urban areas. If often assumed that urban areas are synonyms with crime and that the more an area becomes urban the more the rate of crime increases. It is against this background that this research is premised. We should know that the dynamics of urbanization can cause rapid changes in the rate of crime in an area. Also its evaluation of the efficiency of the police as a major ... Continue reading---
