My theory on crime is that the people who commit it are doing it for many reasons. Criminals have many reasons for doing crime that are unexcusable, for instance mental illness, for attention, for entertainment, for a rush, for money, and many more. I personally am interested in Social Structure Theories: People commit crimes because of where they live and the conditions they are living with like poverty and other influences. I also believe that in social disorganization, strain, and cultural deviance theories are part of it. Like Durkheim said because of anomie which is surprisingly frequent. A breakdown in social structure would be crimes such as gang related offences. There are many underground gangs that we dont even aknowledge and they are ripping apart our society its a good thing we have such strict laws on fire arms. One of the big issues I think we are faced with is the hells angles who are merely just a middle man they are solicited drugs from the higher gangs therefore they sell to smaller gangs who sell to people on the street making themselves almost untouchable. gand violence is a big issue more than we take into account. If you have seen the movie 21 jump street you know what i mean even though im sure theyre not as comical as that movie. For example,
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2012/08/18/20115356.html
This is some very intellectual and deep thinking Destanee, I like it.
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ReplyDeletejk those are some thoughtful insights
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ReplyDeleteMahalo for the post and your ideas. You seem to have a fairly good grasp of the three branches of Social Structure (disorganization, deviance and strain). Gangs are clearly connected with Cultural Deviance theory but also take a look at contemporary Social Control theory proposed by Robert Agnew and Travis Hirschi (pages 161-164 of the Criminology: The Core textbook).
I just can't watch 21 Jump Street...even though it's really a parody the late 80's TV show I have young Johnny Depp burned into my skull.
Good work