Sociological theory is a set of assumptions, assertions, and propositions, organized in the form of an explanation or interpretation, of the nature, form, or content of social action. Sociological theories are the idea that society creates conditions where a person commits a crime or that society influences people to commit crimes. It is the idea that crime is a social problem not an individual one (Sociological theories of crime, 2018). One of the major common ideas among sociological theories is the thought that criminal behavior is not innate to humans and circumstances affect how people act. People are not born criminals, it is the product of their environment where they live that influences how a person will turn out (Sociological theories of crime, 2018).
The nature of sociological theorizing is to examine the impact of the social influences as it pertains to criminal behavior. Race, …show more content…
First, crime is a result of a person’s place in society’s framework. Second, that crime is the outcome from social processes. Third, that crime is attributed to be an outcome because of class struggle within a society’s framework (Schmalleger, 2012). Poverty, inequality, and social exclusion are theorized to be major causes of high crime rates and violence. With the decline in culture moral comes higher crime rates. When looking at the research on poverty and economic inequality in the U.S., we have by far the highest poverty rate and the biggest gap between the rich and poor of the develop countries (Kramer, 2000). Even though the U.S. is a wealthy society, we have more inequality where families are more likely to be poor than those in other industrial democracies. Research completed by Lauren Krivo and Ruth Peterson (1996) suggests a link between extreme disadvantage and violence that underlies much of the association between race and violent crime (Kramer,
The nature of sociological theorizing is to examine the impact of the social influences as it pertains to criminal behavior. Race, …show more content…
First, crime is a result of a person’s place in society’s framework. Second, that crime is the outcome from social processes. Third, that crime is attributed to be an outcome because of class struggle within a society’s framework (Schmalleger, 2012). Poverty, inequality, and social exclusion are theorized to be major causes of high crime rates and violence. With the decline in culture moral comes higher crime rates. When looking at the research on poverty and economic inequality in the U.S., we have by far the highest poverty rate and the biggest gap between the rich and poor of the develop countries (Kramer, 2000). Even though the U.S. is a wealthy society, we have more inequality where families are more likely to be poor than those in other industrial democracies. Research completed by Lauren Krivo and Ruth Peterson (1996) suggests a link between extreme disadvantage and violence that underlies much of the association between race and violent crime (Kramer,