PRACTICAL RESEARCH (QUALITATIVE RESEARCH)

NAME : Louie Jay B. Arellano

GRADE &SECTION : XI-Aristotle
DETAILS ABOUT THE WORK :
1. TITLE OF THE WORK : Social Problem of Inequality
2. AUTHOR : Merton’s Anomie
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES : This Study used the Researchers Experience, Roberts
(2007) considered the research experience in terms of emotions, The biography of the
researcher, and insights that the research “adventure” can bring in relation to the
researcher’s self.

I. TOPIC : Sociology

II. SUMMARY : Studies of social inequality and crime go back as far as in the
early nineteenth century. The Salient crime that dominates people’s
considerations is violent crime due to the fatal, shocking and traumatizing
aftermath. Violent crimes occur less often and mainly occur in certain prone
areas, for instance in areas with a high rate of drug-trafficking. These crimes
include forcible rape, murder, aggravated assault, and robbery with violence.
The main factors that have been emphasized include population density,
poverty, and female headed households as a measure for family disruption. In
his article, Kramer (2000) focuses on crime among the young people. He
hypothesizes that poverty, social exclusion, and inequality are the
determinants of antisocial behavior among this group of people. The impact of
these factors on close-in institutions encourages violence. It is very important
to understand that there is a difference between property and violent crime;
whereas inequality has been shown to have an insignificant effect on property
crime. Despite numerous studies on violent crime, there is a need to delineate
the relationship between violent crime and social inequality in relation to
specific populations. This study’s concern is to establish the relationship
between social inequality and property crime.
III. HYPOTHESIS : This study aim to determine the effect of Social Problem of
Inequality in the community. Specifically, it aims to determine that there is no
relationship between Gender, Family Disruptions, Employment, Education,
Race and Property crime in the U.S. .

IV. METHODOLOGY : This Study used the Researchers Experience, Roberts(2007)

considered the research experience in terms of emotions, The biography of
the researcher, and insights that the research “adventure” can bring in relation
to the researcher’s self. Researchers experience great challenges accessing
data across states as indicated by Pratt and Timothy (2003).they will use
multistage stratified sampling to get the number of states that will be included
in my study. They will use data from the National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS), which measures property crime in relation to motor vehicle theft,
burglary and property theft. Multivariate regression analysis will be used to
determine those factors that have a significant predictive impact on property
crime.

V. FINDINGS : In a study by Loftin and Hill (cited Kposowa, Kevin and Beatrice
1995), poverty index indicated a strong correlation with homicide rates with
regard to Gini coefficient income inequality, non-white and the South.
According to their findings, there is no southern subculture of violence; hence
no relationship between the South and violent crime as has been the case with
other studies that have mainly focused on urban areas. Kposowa, Kevin and
Beatrice (1995) found that the strongest determinants of violent and property
crimes are urbanity and population density, which are the pressures that
Merton talks of in his anomie/strain theory (Murphy and Mathew 2008).
Merton’s theory is very important in clarifying that social pressures force
individuals to engage in antisocial behaviors. Blacks and other minority racial
groups in the U.S. are exposed to limited socioeconomic opportunities and as a
result, they tend to engage in antisocial activities. It is very important to
understand that there is a difference between property and violent crime;
whereas inequality has been shown to have an insignificant effect on property
crime, On the other hand, poverty and police activity have robust effects on
property crime, but minuscule on violent crime.
VI. ERRORS STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES : Charitable organizations, well-wishers
and the government should join forces in empowering the minority groups in
the U.S. The Black people and other minority groups live in deplorable
conditions. If they would be given an equal chance to study and reach their
optimal capacity by increasing their accessibility to institutional structures, I
am sure the present situation would change. In addition, the notion of a
subculture of violence would also disappear. The Whites should refrain from
blocking and looking down upon the Blacks. The days of slavery and
colonization ended a long time ago. In the new world, we should embrace a
culture of uplifting the lives of our fellow men instead of exploiting them for
selfish benefits. Individual Whites should be educated on racial equality. Racial
discrimination begins from the close-in institutions like the family, schools and
the community.

VII. REFERENCE :
Kelly, Morgan. 2000. “Inequality and Crime.” The Review of Economics and Statistics
82(4): 530-539.
Kposowa, Augustine J., Kevin D. Breault and Beatrice M. Harrison. 1995.
“Reassessing the structural covariates of violent and property crimes in the USA: a
county level analysis.” British Journal of Sociology 46(1): 79-105.
Kramer, Ronald C. 2000. “Poverty, Inequality, and Youth Violence.” Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science 567: 123-139.
Neumayer, Eric. 2005. “Inequality and violent crime: evidence from data on robbery
and violent theft.” Journal of Peace and Research 42(1): 101-112.
Savolainen, Jukka. 2000. “Inequality, welfare state, and homicide: further support for
the institutional anomie theory.” Criminology 38(4): 1021-1042.
StudyCorgi. (2020, October 14). Social Problem of Inequality. Retrieved from
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