Discuss the social science literature

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There is a great deal of discussion in the social science literature about units of analysis and levels of explanation. Some social researchers may call another a "reductionist" if the research explains a problem, such as substance abuse, as due to "lack of self-control." The idea is that the behavior requires a consideration or social structure - a group level of analysis rather than an individual level of analysis. Another researcher may be said to commit an "ecological fallacy" if s/he assumes that group-level characteristics explain behavior at the individual level (such as saying the "immigrants are more likely to commit crime" because the neighborhoods with higher proportions of immigrants have higher crime rates). Do you favor causal explanations at the individual or the group (or social structural) level?

If you were forced to mark on a scale from 0 to 100 the percentage of crime that is due to problems with individuals rather than to problems with the settings in which they live an d other aspects of social structure, where would you make your mark? Explain your decision.

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