Shrock paper one
Sean Baas
Shrock 412 paper 1
28MAR15
Burglar on the Job Throughout the novel Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Beak-ins, the authors Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker study the interactions of those who are within the subculture of being burglars and how, why and who they commit these offenses toward. Within this paper we will be discussing the relationship of Merton's anomie theory and how this theory correlates to the acts and motivation of the individuals to accomplish the ability to acquire the means of society. Also we will be evaluating these individuals by explaining Hirschi's social bonds theory allowing this to help us better understand those who have personal relationships and what effects this has on the individual. Lastly we will be observing how socialization into a street culture can affect the individuality and play a vast role on one's life while viewing the aspects of hustler' criminality, low self-control and culturalization of immediate gratification. Robert Mertons' anomie theory also stated as the means-end theory, this displays a functionalist view how individuals who are unable to meet the goals of life find innovative ways to meet the means of society. With this being said, those within the novel Burglars on the Job seek out the ability to burglarize friends, family, acquaintances and random individuals. This shows how one without the means of society use criminal acts to acquire these means. Then how their actions from each step of this process effects their mentality and creates many stressful instances which in part turn toward crime and the ability to stress the consequences but much less rather be affected negatively by the inability to show how one does not have the societal means than it does have stigmatic consequences to achieve these means. In some cases the subjects burglarized just enough to grasp the basics of life, such as food and shelter. Other cases were just to show those within the neighborhood how one
Shrock 412 paper 1
28MAR15
Burglar on the Job Throughout the novel Burglars on the Job: Streetlife and Residential Beak-ins, the authors Richard T. Wright and Scott Decker study the interactions of those who are within the subculture of being burglars and how, why and who they commit these offenses toward. Within this paper we will be discussing the relationship of Merton's anomie theory and how this theory correlates to the acts and motivation of the individuals to accomplish the ability to acquire the means of society. Also we will be evaluating these individuals by explaining Hirschi's social bonds theory allowing this to help us better understand those who have personal relationships and what effects this has on the individual. Lastly we will be observing how socialization into a street culture can affect the individuality and play a vast role on one's life while viewing the aspects of hustler' criminality, low self-control and culturalization of immediate gratification. Robert Mertons' anomie theory also stated as the means-end theory, this displays a functionalist view how individuals who are unable to meet the goals of life find innovative ways to meet the means of society. With this being said, those within the novel Burglars on the Job seek out the ability to burglarize friends, family, acquaintances and random individuals. This shows how one without the means of society use criminal acts to acquire these means. Then how their actions from each step of this process effects their mentality and creates many stressful instances which in part turn toward crime and the ability to stress the consequences but much less rather be affected negatively by the inability to show how one does not have the societal means than it does have stigmatic consequences to achieve these means. In some cases the subjects burglarized just enough to grasp the basics of life, such as food and shelter. Other cases were just to show those within the neighborhood how one