Social Structure Theories of Crime | Social Disorganization, Strain, Cultural Deviance

Criminologist Edwin Sutherland's research led him to dispute the notion that crime was a function of the inherent inadequacy of people in the lower classes. His work on white-collar crime is the most direct repudiation of this notion of crime as primarily a lower-class phenomenon. However, there is little dispute that most crime that is reported (i.e., street crime) is committed by persons with a lower-class socioeconomic status in large urban areas. So, what drives this concentration of crime? What is happening here? Theories of Crime:    • Theories of Crime   https://www.DrBSully.com Subscribe: https://bit.ly/drbsullyyt Support: https://ko-fi.com/drbsully 0:00 - Social Structure Theories 1:15 - Functionalism (Durkheim) 2:18 - Division of Labor in Society (Durkheim) 3:47 - Social Disorganization Theories 3:56 - Urban Ecology Theories (Park/Burgess) 4:38 - Concentric Zones Model (Burgess) 6:32 - Social Disorganization Theory (Shaw/McKay) 10:13 - Criticisms of Social Disorganization Theory 11:46 - Strain Theories 11:55 - Anomie 12:34 - Strain Theory (Merton) 15:42 - Institutional Anomie Theory (Messner/Rosenfeld) 18:13 - General Strain Theory (Agnew) 19:36 - Criticisms of Strain Theories 21:04 - Cultural Deviance Theories 21:29 - Focal Concerns Theory (Miller) 22:48 - Theory of Delinquent Subculture (Cohen) 23:44 - Theory of Differential Opportunity (Cloward/Ohlin) 25.35 - Criticisms of Cultural Deviance Theories 27:12 - Crime as a Lower-Class Phenomenon 28:37 - Up Next Critical Theories of Crime:    • Critical Theories of Crime | Conflict: Rac...