Sociological Perspective On Crime Analysis

I find the sociological perspective to be the most convicting on why crime happens. In cities that are very disorganized like Detroit, more people live in poorer conditions, so they don’t have the education that people in richer more organized cities would have. Because they don’t have this organization and education, they will not be able to get a job as easily. So in order to make money they join a gang or some other illegal activity group.

I would use sociological and psychological to explain violent crime. With the sociological perspective, people who live in poorer areas where there is more disorganization in the community are at a higher risk at committing crime. In these areas there are fewer schools, fewer local business thus fewer