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Social Structure Theory: Because They re Poor

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Social Structure Theory: Because They re Poor

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    1. Chapter 6 Social Structure Theory: Because They’re Poor

    3. Economic Structure & Crime Problems of the Lower Class Culture of Poverty - a culture of apathy, cynicism, helplessness and mistrust of social institutions. Underclass Child Poverty Minority Group Poverty Poverty & Crime

    4. Social Structure Theories

    5. Social Structural Theories: Social Disorganization Theory Shaw and McKay – Transitional neighborhoods and Concentric Zones Social Ecology School Community Disorder Community Fear Siege Mentality Community Change Poverty Concentration Collective Efficacy Informal Social Control Institutional Social Control Public Social Control

    7. Social Structural Theories: Strain Theories

    8. Social Structural Theories: Strain Theories Institutional Anomie Theory Messner and Rosenfeld – ‘Crime and the American Dream’ Updates Merton, saying American culture places an extreme emphasis on economic success over any other sort of accomplishment. Relative Deprivation Theory Those who perceive themselves as economically disadvantaged compared to those they know or society in general form negative self-feelings and hostility.

    9. Social Structural Theories: Strain Theories

    11. Social Structural Theories: Cultural Deviance Theory Focal Concern Theory - Miller Trouble, Toughness, Smartness, Excitement, Fate, Autonomy Formation of Deviant Subcultures – Cohen ‘corner boy’, ‘college boy’, and ‘delinquent boy’ Theory of Differential Opportunity Cloward and Ohlin, building on Merton, recognize that the opportunities for success are limited in unconventional approaches to success as well as conventional. Criminal gangs, conflict gangs, and retreatist gangs.

    13. Social Structure Theory & Public Policy Public Assistance or Welfare Improving Community-Structure in High-Crime Areas Head Start Legal Services Community Action Programs

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