Please use the CRJ 205 Libguide (Links to an external site.) to locate ONE of th

Please use the CRJ 205 Libguide (Links to an external site.) to locate ONE of the below listed articles. Enter the article title in the search box. Click on the title of the article when it appears on the page and access the full text of the article from the View Full Text button. Read the article of your choice (they are about the same number of pages) and submit written answers to the questions. There is no required length, but you must answer the questions completely. Please answer the questions in your own words – you may paraphrase from the article but do not cut and paste from the article! I want to see that you can “digest” and understand scholarly research.
Link: https://www.wilmu.edu/library/index.aspx
Choice #1: “New Directions in Social Disorganization Theory” by Kubrin and Weitzer in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency in the November 2003 volume. If you choose this article, please answer the following questions:
Give 2 examples of informal control.
Define social capital
Describe the 3 perspectives on cultural explanations
What is the relationship between formal and informal controls in a neighborhood?
How might urban political and economic forces impact crime rates? Give examples
Explain the reciprocal effect of crime on neighborhoods
Choice #2: “Structure and Culture in African American Adolescent Violence: A Partial Test of the ‘Code of the Street’ Thesis” by Stewart and Simons in Justice Quarterly in the March 2006 volume. If you choose this article, please answer the following questions:
What are the key points of Anderson’s “code of the street” thesis?
Describe the difference between “decent” and “street” families
What is the hypothesis that Stewart and Simons are testing?
What type of youth are likely to adopt the “code of the streets” according to the authors?
Is the “code of the streets” confined to urban areas? Explain