Social Structure Therories for Immigrants

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Social Structure Theories for Immigrants CJA/314 November 28, 2011 Christopher Hammond The Circumstance of Relocating Immigrants For individuals born in the United States, many things can be taken for granted such as education, employment, financial matters, and personal freedom. For people born in different countries outside of the United States, who are considered immigrants or undocumented workers, simple freedoms and luxuries don’t exist. Many immigrants leave their native countries in an effort to escape poverty, war trauma, sexual crimes, and persecution. When the need for a better living surfaces for immigrants; the need to migrant to a different country even, illegally is the way for these immigrants to escape their hardships and struggles. Immigrant Social Structure Theories The social structure theories that best describe the circumstances immigrants encounter when leaving their native countries, is social disorganization and cultural deviance theories. Immigrants who live in disorganized countries and poor villages have a risk of their communities being high in crime. Due to the lack of businesses, declining populations, and deteriorating structures the social disorganization perspectives are easily seen. These factors along with the lack of resources are enough to make immigrants leave all they’ve ever known at a chance for a better life. Cultural deviance theories for immigrants exist because they feel breaking laws instead of conforming to laws are their only hope to survive. If surviving means stealing, prostitution, or illegal immigration, immigrants will take this risk to rise above social stigmas. Prostitution among Immigrant Routes According to the Electronic Reading Reserve, University of Phoenix, immigrants are willing to do whatever it takes to cross the border and start a new live. For
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