Society's View Of Crime

Daniel Drew, an American businessman, once attested, “[that the] Law is like a cobweb; it’s made for the flies and the smaller kinds of insects, so to speak, but lets the big bumblebees break through” (Sutherland 8). Edwin Sutherland, an American sociologist, published an article in the American Sociological Review in 1940 that challenged how society viewed the topic of crime and approached it from a sociologic perspective. His main argument stated that people learn their deviant and criminal behavior from a primary group of people¬¬ such as family, coworkers and people whom they associate with most. Sutherland also argues that crime does not have a direct link with poverty; people in higher associated classes have the same chance of becoming

The threat of global crime has increased due to the advances in technology that allow hackers to acquire information such as credit cards, identity, place viruses, and implement scams on the internet to steal money. In fact, Rizter states, “[that] It has been estimated that over a two-year time period 5% of U.S. adults were the targets of attempted or successful identity theft” (Ritzer 144). Hacking into databases has also become more prominent in crime and has very damaging consequences. Many important agencies like the United States military, banks and businesses have been hacked. Ritzer also adds that the United States has been hacked by many countries such as China, Korea and Russia (Ritzer 144). Because of this people around the world can access confidential information that was primarily government

Women and children suffer the most because in some cultures, have no say and have limited rights (Ritzer 144). Many young women are sold into slavery, which is a form of crime, but as a society, we still have not figured out how to stop this. The government can create laws that say this action is illegal and criminal behavior, but it will still keep going on because it is easier to get away with crime these days. Anyone of any social class could participate in this