The cultural deviance theory was established by the father of the classical school of criminology Cesare Beccaria, during the 18th century. Social Deviance theory is the belief that people who live in deteriorating neighborhoods create an independent subculture with its own sets of rules and values. According to Cesare Beccaria’s Social Deviance theory, the independent subculture formed focuses on thrills, excitement, risk taking and street smarts, while the middle class focusses on working hard, education, and obeying the law. This causing these two cultures to clash due to the independent lower class subculture deviant behavior and their breaking of the law (Siegal 179). As noted by the University of Illinois Press 2013, Cultural Deviance
