Bonding Social Capital

If we look at Travis Harishi’s Social Bonds Theory, one could infer that this could also relate back to law enforcement officers. Social Bonds Theory addressed that a person with strong attachments to society through groups, sports, and beliefs, are less likely to deviate than a person with weak bonds. Although, Travis Harishi’s Social Bonds Theory was created to better understand why people commit crime. This can also be used in the same way for law enforcement officers as well. Just because a person becomes an officer doesn’t mean he/she stops being human. For example, if a new officer goes into an organization that has strong unit cohesion and team work, they will feel that the organization has their back and so do the other officers. To

Social capital is the is the social connections that allow for social interactions in which an individual has opportunities to build bonds, help others out, and affect change for the better. When the social engagement is reciprocated, it can produce benefits for the multiple individuals engaged in the activity and so further the circumstance of the society.

Social capital is defined as the capacity of social institutions, such as families, churches, schools, or other community organizations to make an investment of attention and advice, support and concerned interest in other community members according to reformer L.J. Hanifan. As a dependent of the community social capital is applied to my everyday life. It helps me to obtain resources for my education such as scholarships, teaches me how to work together with my peers, becoming a positive role model to youth, and build trusting relationships with others in the community. Social capital is seen as a support group from leaders in the community.

When discussing why societies are better with deep social capital, Putnam writes “dense networks of interaction probably broaden the participants' sense of self, developing the "I" into the "we” (Putnam, 1995, pp. 2-3). To me, this means that when people are not concerned with only themselves but also with others, things like peace building and community involvement occur. In terms of peace building, if social capital was dense and I had a high social capital level, when something intrigued me and drove me to advocate for peace such as ending violence, it wouldn’t be a fight that I was starting alone but instead the “we” would help fight this battle. For me, this means that if I really want to make a difference in this world, I need to be more involved and increase my social capital. By doing so, I can impact others to do the same and the chances of building peace as a community would be greater. Furthermore, the piece in the article where he ties the whole concept of social capital and its decline to bowling really hit home for me. When it is put in perspective in such a way that Putnam did to describe how even bowling has decreased in profits because people prefer now to bowl alone rather than a s a group or in a league, it really forced one to reflect upon their own involvement. (Putnam, 2010). If as a society and even myself we continue to not fully engage with others but rather masked by technology and our own life circumstances, peace will never be built. As someone who believes in social justice, I know that peace is something I want to help build and thus need to change my social capital

However, there are many kinds of social relationships and because of this, there are different types of commensality and each is important and offers significance in its own right.

For this reading reflection on Chapter eight from Berkman, was based on social capital, social cohesion, and health. By the introduction of the chapter, it goes over the definition of social capital and its theoretical pathways that links into health. According to the text, social capital is being defined as “resources that are accessed by individuals as a result of their membership of a network or a group” (Berkman 291). For the theoretical pathways of social capital to health, it goes over the three group-level mechanisms merit that is relevant to health outcomes is social contagion, informal social control, and collective efficacy, where they all benefit to their group such as a community (Berkman 293). However, there is a dark side to social

Social capital is “the social knowledge and connections that enable people to carry out their goals and extend their influences.”(1) When joining an organization, members are optimistic of achieving social capital. They aspire to connect with others who have similar interests, and strive to influence people of their beliefs and views. Members have high hopes of impacting society one day.

There are many different theories in criminology that explain the reasons why people commit a crime. Such as the social structural theories, the social process theories, and the developmental theories. While going through these theories in class, many of them were relating too many of my friends past life. For the purpose of this paper, I am going to write about one of my close friend Danny. Danny has done a lot of things throughout his life, both bad and good and he is a good example for some of the theories that we have discussed in class.

According to Social Capital and Mental Illness: A Systematic Review, social capital is a combination of social groups, associational life, community involvement, and trust in others. Social capital can happen through informal and formal establishments. An example of informal establishment is a community or financial status group. Formal establishments can occur through groups like neighborhoods and government structures. Singular social capital can be viewed as a measure of one’s evaluation of their surroundings, their interpersonal organizations, and their level of cooperation in their group. Social withdrawal is when one suffering with mental illness is more averse to having dynamic influence of a group. Based on this, it would be expected that one with a mental illness would score poorly on individual social capital

Alejandro Portes discuss the controversy surrounding the actual meaning and effects of social capital. Confusion arises due its applications to manifold topics as well as its uses on different group of people. He provided the concept by Pierre Bourdieu and James Coleman which centered on the benefits of social capital on an individual or a small group. He argued that Coleman focused on the advantages yielded to individual and then expand them to the whole community with subtlety. This transition is not well-defined and thus put social capital at risk of becoming synonymous with all positive things in

However, many times, when a group of people undergo similar or the same struggles, deep bonds are formed between their

People have been separated by social group and financial classes for years, creating inequalities that push people farther apart. Income inequality is one of the biggest concerns of today; according to recent Census Bureau data, the 25% highest income families receive 40% of U.S. income and the 25% lowest income families earn 9.64%. Furthermore, to couple with the issue of income disparity, is the realization that wealth disparity is even greater. The low level of education standards, lacking sense of security and crime rates are higher near the lowest income families. When seeing this information, a connection can be made between these social changes and the income and wealth inequality, consider this connection being between social capital and socioeconomics.

The ability to create relationships based solely on mutual understandings and shared common interests have fed the social

Social capital in collaborative economy intermediaries is incorporated by design. This section outlines some of the available methods for designing for inclusivity. Much of the existing research around designing for trust online focuses on increasing users’ trust. Researchers Riegelsberger, Sasse, and McCarthy (2005) instead decided to design a framework focusing on factors that lead the “trusted actor” (service provider) to act in a trustworthy manner. The design heuristics include stable identity, traceability/accountability, group membership, group identity, social presence, and recording outcomes. By limiting users to ATB Financial customers, trust is created through stable identity and group

Because of historical and cultural background, people 's understanding of relationships mainly "to enter through the back door", the concept of "alliance" and so on some derogatory sense. On the basis of the principle of fair reciprocity between companies and stakeholders to trade standard, open and honest. Capital, in short, is to be able to bring the value of appreciation. It’s characteristic that through the current investment to get more than the