Candidate: Gayle Rhineberger

Degree of: Doctor of Philosophy

Department: Sociology

Title: Social Disorganization, Disorder, Social Cohesion, Informal Controls and Crime: A Reformulation and Test of Systemic Social Disorganization Theory

Committee:
Dr. Susan Carlson, Chair
Dr. David Hartmann
Dr. Thomas Van Valey
Dr. Victoria Ross

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:00pm to 2:00pm
2520 Sangren

Abstract: My dissertation proposal is testing a modified version of social disorganization theory, as described by Todd Clear and Dina Rose. I will be studying community social disorganization, crime rates, and the extraction of individuals out of the community (as a result of criminal convictions). I will be examining the effects of formal social controls on neighborhoods or census tracts, as well as on other social variables, including public assistance rates, unemployment rates, general crime rate, and media income.

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