Social Structure Theory

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Social Structure Theory In this paper we will examine the social structure theory, its definition and how the types of theory’s that makes up the social structure theory as a whole. We will discuss the social disorganization theory, the strain theory and the culture conflict theory. These make up the social conflict theory. Also we will discuss the video “Tent City, Arizona”, after watching the video the following questions will be answered. “How does the video you selected support a social structure theory? What is the primary subject or content of the video? What social issues are raised in the video? What major principles of sociological theory are addressed in the video? What might be some possible ramifications for social policy change?” The social structure theory is made up of social statuses within the structure that are considered the root cause of crime, they are poverty, lack of education, and also the lack of marketable skills, and deviant subculture values. Poverty is considered to be the lowest level or point in our social society today. In the poverty level there are high levels of unemployment, drug use and addiction, crime and the people without skills to find reliable and continuous employment. This is not to say that this is not found in the higher levels of our society, they are but the levels are considerably lower. The lack of education in the poverty level is due to students who do not succeed in the corridors of our school system. They choose to drop out rather than continue to fight to learn necessary skills to graduate. The lack of marketable skills comes from students who drop out of school before graduation and are left to the streets to find menial work if any work at all. Also, in the poverty level of society is a deviant subculture that consists of drug sales and usage, addiction and low income
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