Examining Theory Paper

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Examining Theory Paper

In this paper I am going to go with the video for social structure theory when covering the following topics. I will introduce how the video supports a social structure theory, the primary subject and content, major principles of the sociology theory addressed and social issues discussed. I am going to discuss, in the last part of this paper, what are some possible consequences for a social policy change. The video that I have chosen to do this paper on will be the “Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone” to best fit with my beliefs of social structure theory simply the top reason for criminality evolving. In the video that I have viewed, “Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone,” there was a great deal of
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The prisoners confined in Pelican Bay State Prison have never had any other life except for the gang that they come from. The life of gang violence is what occurs daily in the prison and the gang leaders even control the murders of some individuals who have acted against the gang in a manner that the gang believes to be threatened in some way. The gang members and leaders confined in this prison have all they will know in the gang that they belong in and will give their lives for the gang. The social structure theory was brought about by theorists who have studied the lives of criminals and where they came from starting in the beginning of that criminals’ life. As the criminals’ lives were studied, it became apparent that there was a link to how the juveniles became criminals in this life. The most seen criminality comes from individuals who fail to graduate school. Therefore, when an individual continues in education the act of crime becomes less. When an individual fails to graduate, it is usually because the lack of family support is not there as it is needed. The family support helps tremendously, but when family becomes broken the child suffers. When the child suffers from the broken family, that child will look for the support from another source. The support that a child, majority of the time, finds is not a good kind of support. There are groups, such as big brothers and big sisters club, which can help a child in a good way, but