Impact Of Poverty On Deviance

IMPACT OF POVERTY ON OLDAGE.

RAVULA.ROHINI DEVI.

DR.V.DIVYA TEJO MURTHY.

Introduction:

Poverty is one of the major social problems causing sickness, personal, family and community disorganization. Poverty and richness are relative terms. The poverty line any given society is determined by the customs and mode of living. Poverty is defined by Gillin and Gillin “poverty is that condition on which a person, either because of inadequate income or wise expenditures, does not maintain a scale of living high enough to provide for physical and mental efficiency and to enable him and his natural dependents to function usefully according to the standards of the society of which he is a member. The comparatively young population, India is still poised

This concept is largely associated with the Chicago school of sociology. The concept was developed by on the work of W.I Thomas and Florin Znaniecki their famous book The polish Peasant in Europe and America .according to them, the term social disorganisation refers to the decrease in the influence of the existing social rules of behaviour upon individual members .The term refers to both an explanation of deviance and a state of society that produces it. Human society, like nature, has its own social order .The equilibrium and order of the society depends on its internal strengths to maintain itself. Society will be in a state of equilibrium as long as its various parts are properly adjusted and fulfil its functions .But social equilibrium is severely disturbed in the social world, social disorganisations takes place. Thus in simple words, it can be said that social disorganization is social disorder. Social disorganization is a process opposite to social

Such people become discouraged and cannot perform their functions properly. Under these conditions they cannot have healthy individuals, educated children’s socialized men and women interested in the progressive development of our social organization. The children are forced at an early age to go supplement the family income .sometimes women are compelled to work even when there is nobody to look after the children at home. When family members are not given proper food, there may be illness, mental breakdown, and conflict, because of lack of minimum necessities. So, families are facing above the problems, in this situation most of the people are taking care the older people but some of the families are not taking care of the older