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Sociological Study of Baltimore

Description of the Problem

Crime rates in the Baltimore city are ever rising and this is due to different factors and issues in the modern American community. Crime rates can be rising due to different reasons, which are incident factors and stemming from the issues affecting the community. Leadership is an integral aspect in the community, which should be able to deal with the different issues related with the rising crime rates. In the city of Baltimore, the rising in crimes has affected how the community is related and differs in the many different parts of the American community. The rising crimes rates in the Baltimore city are associated with increased violence in the city, which has been an issue affecting the growth of population and social leadership in the community. Increased violence becomes a common factor, which has affected the Baltimore community and this has led to increased crimes rates, gun violence, low employment opportunities, social inequality between the society’s community and races. These are some of the factors or incident factors and impacts of increased or rising crime rates in the Baltimore community.

Therefore, the rising crime rates within the Baltimore community has been due to the lack of employment opportunities within the city and this prompts the rise and dependency on criminal activities. It is a challenge for the community and its leaders to focus on the challenges, ways, and means for enhancing employment opportunities. Due to lack of economic conditions and activities, the society has been affected due to arise in criminal activities since the people are unable to adhere to the changes in the community and of the community. Thus, to curb the rising crimes rates, the community needs to develop effective job opportunities.

There is also the rise in the use of guns in the community, which has also led to the rising crime rates in the community. Rising crime rates are only propelled by the use of many guns and accessibility to guns without licenses and this has been a major reason as to why there is a rise in crimes rates in the community. The challenge is growing and this has been a major problem in the city and gun violence has been a challenge affecting the growth of violence in the community. Due to the increased violence in the community, gun control needs to be addressed by the local and state governments.

There are also the differences in the community due to the differences between the social classes. The rise in population, especially the rise in population of the blacks in the community has been an issue which has created a chance in the rise of crimes in the community. It is important to focus on the ways of communication, handling different choices, and reforming to improve and support organizational support and performance. It is important and common to choose the choices, changes, and ways for enhancing and improving social differences in the community. Therefore, it becomes important to gain, develop, and increase different ways for handling discrimination in the community, especially, when dealing with the rising issues and ways on social differences. The social differences in the community can only be dealt with issues on leadership, performance, development and creative resources in the community. It is a challenge and overall leadership processes based on performance and guidance through community integration and interactions.

To understanding sociological issues affecting the Baltimore city offers a clear indication on the issues and challenges affecting the local and natives in the American communities. This aims at developing the differences and ways and issues affecting the local communities, especially, from the sociological perspectives. It is important since it helps in dealing with local and international issues of the community. In this regard, the challenge is on affecting and increasing ways for communication and interactions. The issue is an important step towards understanding what are the main issues causing crime rates to rise in the Baltimore society and community. This helps to focus on the rising changes, ways, and means of interacting with the society and its effects of the community.

Sociological Concepts to the issue

There are different sociological perspectives, which can be used to define and develop a platform for explaining the rising crime rates in the Baltimore city. A common social issue is when dealing with challenges of a community based on the lack of effective communication and performance. In this manner, it is the challenge of understanding the issues of the community and how to develop proper solutions. The sociological perspectives include:

1. Social interactions

The foundations of the social interactionist perspective is on developing the ways of interactions between and within the community. In this manner, the people of the Baltimore city are able to communicate and develop the necessary ways for interactions and how to develop a proper means of focusing on the social issues affecting the community. For instance, a common solution is to enhance and use ways of communication, especially, on how to develop, improve, and increase effective job opportunities and improve social interactions. A challenge is on how to improve and support leadership in the community. The social interactionalist perspective is able to help a sociologist to effectively understand the challenges facing the community and how the interactions between the community’s people increased crime rates. For instance, a situation such as how to effectively improve social amenities for the community has been a challenge which affects, results, and develops ways for understanding ways of handling social changes in the community. A sociology will have to consider the social interactionist perspective to help the community focusing on leadership and social equality.

1. Social conflict

Based on the Karl Marx theory of social conflict, a community, such as the Baltimore city can be seen as a competition between different communities. For instance, the social inequality can be seen as a challenge between the high, middle and lower social classes. This is a challenge which can be seen as a modern way for understanding and affecting ways for communication and interaction. Competition between the high and lower classes prompts the increase in crime rates in the community. The social conflict perspective is another critical way for handling and demonstrating different ways, such as holding and developing different activities focusing on improved performance and social development in the community. It is important to consider the community as a process for interacting different groups, instead of a competition between the different groups. Thus, the perspective offers a clear indication on how to improve relationship interactions amongst the communities of the society. Instead of focusing on social conflicts and imagining a competition between the have and the have-nots, it is important to consider focusing on how the community can integrate both the high social classes and the low classes in the community.

1. Functionalism

Another essential perspective is focusing on how to handle and develop processes considered important and how to increase and improve relational performance in the community. It is important also on how to handle, develop, and improve different ways for handling the processes and ways of the community. The functional perspective considers the community as a structure which has different parts and all forming a logical part during interactions. Thus, the symbiotic kind relationship affects how the community also interacts between the local and international resources. Therefore, for a sociologist, functionalism can be a solution for handling ways and means for changing the social differences between the community’s members. It also helps in the governance and how to develop the different social changes of the community. In this manner, it helps to improve, develop, and improve social differences of the community. Hence, it is important to use functional perspective on how to handle, develop, and improve solutions viewed as vial to community integration and different entities of the society.

Conclusion

In conclusion, a sociology has an upper hand on offering the core service, especially, on how to handle and develop solutions on governance in the contemporary community. Empirical studies will not be able to determine the cause and effect of the different social changes in the community. It is important to use, develop, and improve performance based on how to improve, increase, develop, and support effective organization. There is more for a sociologist can learn by interacting with the society rather than conducting a research on the issues affecting the Baltimore city. A sociology, especially, applying the theory of social conflict will be able to learn and discern the issues affecting the community from the perspective of handling changes and ways in which the community affects the leadership, social classes, political, and economic conditions of the community. Therefore, it is important to increase the processes of communication and how to handle changes on the community on how to improve, develop, and increase effective leadership in the community. There is more on employing the social interactions and how to improve the community from a possible violence and crime rising state to a zero tolerance on crime and violence.

Bibliography

Akers, Ronald. Social learning and social structure: A general theory of crime and deviance. Routledge, 2017.

Rothstein, Richard. "From Ferguson to Baltimore: the fruits of government-sponsored segregation." J. Affordable Hous. & Cmty. Dev. L. 24 (2015): 205.

Taylor, Ralph. Breaking away from broken windows: Baltimore neighborhoods and the nationwide fight against crime, grime, fear, and decline. Routledge, 2018.