The Strain Theory: The Sociological Theories Of Crime

Many sociological theories of crime will agree that crime is determined by his or her social environment.The sociological theory of crime does not believe that human are born criminals, it is the environment that they live in in which affects they way human act. The sociological theory of crime will agree that an individuals peer groups, family , school , workplace and society will have an influence on people committing crime. An example of sociological theory of committing crime is the Strain Theory. According to the theory people will engage in crime as a result of strain and stress. Committing crimes might reduce or make them escape from the strain they are experiencing . For example someone might start stealing in order to overcome his/her financial problems. Robert Agnew 1992 said that “ Money is perhaps the central goal.” Money is mainly why people will start committing crimes as money is necessary to buy most of the stuff we want in life.However many people that are from a poor background are prevented from getting money legally and therefore they turn to crime for easy money. However this is just one sociological theory of why people commit crime.Crime is most likely to happen in communities that are economically deprived and also large in size . This is also know as social disorganisation which identifies the community …show more content…
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