SOC 248 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mandatory Sentencing, Urban Decay
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Poverty is a major factor that influences whether or not people can receive an education. Even in the united states with public schools or community colleges, poverty means that young teens or even children must drop out of school in order to help their family get by. Lack of education then leads to inability to acquire proper or even law-abiding jobs. A person in a poor neighborhood may find that they are making much more money by dealing drugs as opposed to working at a fast food restaurant where they are being paid minimum wage. People need opportunities through educational improvement and full employment. States that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime. Strain occurs when society does not provide the means to achieve the goals a culture considers desirable. Young people are bombarded with images of desirable consumer objects but have no means to obtain them.
