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Deviant Place Theory In Felon

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The movie felon, by Nick Schager which was filmed on July 14, 2008. This movie was about how a family is living the American Dream. Wade Porter was living with his girlfriend Laura and their son Michael. They were about to get married but unexpectedly something horrible happened. A tragedy had occurred, Wade unfortunately had killed the thief that had went inside his house to steal. He ends in California’s most dangerous correctional facility where after being framed for a murder he is sent to the Prison’s Security Housing Unit. He was so miserable being in jail for a long time and because the way in there was horrible. To survive in their you could not trust anyone and you had to be careful because they could off back staved you. This quote …show more content…

Deviant Place Theory is the view that victimization is primarily a function of where people live. The thief decided to go to a place where it was easy for him to break in. For example the house did not have wires or any metal to keep out people out of the owner’s property. It looked like if the thief had been observing the house and thru where he was going to go in. Neighborhood crime levels may be more significant than individual characteristics of lifestyle for determining the chances of victimization the places where they live are more poor and essay to break …show more content…

Conflict view is the belief that criminal behavior is defined by those in power in such a way as to protect and advance their own self-interest. During the movie there was a lot of the men that were on jail and they would talk to Porter but only for their interest and to cover them up. You could not trust anyone that was on jail because they would be trade you when they did not need you anymore or when they were done using you. Even the cops that would take care of the prisoners would treat them bad and would use them. No one in jail where your friends because everyone tried to survive on their

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