The social structure theory as define in sociology is the view that disadvantaged economic class position is a primary cause of crime. Chapter six, Social Structure Theory, goes over serval topics such as Economic Structure and Crime, Social Structure Theories, Social Disorganization Theory, Strain Theories, and Cultural Deviance Theory. These are all important topics within the chapter but right now I’m going to focus on the association between social structure and crime. As first mention in the first paragraph the social structure theory portray crime as a product of deficiencies in the social structure and tend to focus on the lower-class milieu as the source of crime. The theories state that neighborhoods which are “lower class” create