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A 4 page paper which examines why social conditions contribute to criminal activity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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can clearly be something that involves groups or gangs as well. And, when we think of social conditions we may well envision many different things such as social unrest in
the society overall, social conditions involving the family life of an individual, the cultural stress factors of an individual, or many other possibilities. As such it becomes clear that the
topic of social conditions and criminal activity is a very complex and potentially incredibly diverse one. With that in mind the following paper examines, generally speaking, how social conditions
contribute to criminal activity. Social Conditions and Criminal Activity In the field of criminology there has long been the belief that there is a clear correlation between social
conditions and criminal activity. As one author, who wrote his work in 1905, states, "experimental philosophy...combined with human biology and psychology, and with the natural study of human society...produced an
intellectual atmosphere decidedly favourable to a practical inquiry into the criminal manifestations of individual and social life" (Ferrri, 1905). As we can see, it was considered, even then, "practical" to
engage in such studies and beliefs. People are, in many ways, a product of their environment, or society, and thus are prone to pressure from those social realities. In some
cases the social conditions can become such that the individual is led to criminal activity for one reason or another. A very common, and problematic, reality today is the
variety of criminal gangs that exist within the community of youth today. In some cases we note that youth who are from particular cultures may have difficulty dealing with their
specific community due to their alienated condition. For example, with some Asians there is the pressure to do well, the sometimes present desire of the parents to be back in
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