Conflict Theory: A conflict theorist would explain the phenomena of whites having the highest percentage of population in America but having the second lowest percent of population in prison by blaming society. One could argue that society as a whole has failed to meet the needs of every individual, in the context of the above graph and chart, society is not meeting the needs of black men and women as frequently as it meets the need of white men and women, this leads to disproportionate percentages of white and black folk in prisons. Instead of the person needing to be corrected, conflict theorists would argue that society as a whole needs to be corrected in order for the appropriate percentages of people by race to be in prisons.
Order Theory:
Order Theory: