Perpetuate Crime

socioeconomic status. Of course, it is possible to argue that drug dealers are continuing to perpetuate these crimes because these crimes are what got them the means. However, this possibility directly goes to the argument that crime continues to be attractive, and the drug dealers have the means to continue to perpetuate these crimes. Of course, one will way to explain the fact that economic ability does not decrease the occurrence of crimes is the idea of trauma, and tonic immobility (Leukfeldt & Yar, 2016). When observing individuals who have suffered trauma, sometimes they respond to the trauma by becoming a mobile. Once the trauma goes away, they eventually lash out against the cause of the trauma, or simply start moving about wildly with no clear direction. This is also observed in other animals. When considering the argument that trauma can be institutionalized, or be experienced across generations, it becomes clear that the concept of time and make immobility applies to crime as well. Therefore, groups of people who have been traumatized throughout generations can suddenly lash out when the trauma goes away (Glasser & Taneja, 2014). That is to say, people who experienced intergenerational poverty will experience intergenerational trauma. …show more content…
The original empirical evidence for this theory was that women who were at colleges were likely to experience stocking irrespective of their socioeconomic status. However, the problem with that particular theory is that being the victim of a crime is often linked to socioeconomic status. In addition, the crime that the original empirical study looked at was a crime that was “white-collar.” It was not a violent crime, and it was primarily a crime of opportunity. Therefore, the study self-selected a crime that would likely fit its