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August 12th , 2010

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Social class and unemployment : Their relationship to crime

Introduction

Stratification brought about by social class which is based on the level of poverty has been shown to be the root cause of crime in the societies that we are living in . Even though blame has been put on religion , for creating the variances in the first place , criminology slightly deviates from this notion . The reasons as to why unemployment and social class have become of

interest is because , social stratification and unemployment are social problems just like the way crime is . The other reason is because it is suspected that the causes of crime are the same causes that lead to unemployment that goes hand in hand with poverty (Wilson , 2000 . In criminology , the deviant behaviors that lead to crime are not inherent properties that individuals have , instead they are said to be as a result of a series of relationships that take place in the given societies . This means that situations like , unemployment poverty and crime seem to be here to stay and be part of the society as long as the social classes exist

Literature review

In the book social class and stratification by Rhonda , social class has been defined as what an individual speaks , what he or she wears , what he or she watches on the television and basically the whole lifestyle Social class has been said to be the predictor of lifestyles , beliefs cultures...

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