Fight Club: Emile Durkheim's Anomie Theory

Again, our media has promoted incorrect stereotypes, and the politicians lied to us through it all. All of this is the reason that The New Jim Crow exists. The last theme of The New Jim Crow is history. History is seeming to repeat itself, and Alexander (2012) explains in her book that what is going on today, is exactly what happened during the Jim Crow age. To break this pattern, we must ask the questions that no one wants to.

It is great how the authors help shape the idea that it is obvious that the United States cultural tries to justify every crime and targets a certain group and labels them in order to control how the population thinks or sees a certain individual because they are not the “normal” American citizen. They help support this idea by providing evidence that shows it has been like this for years before now, it states in the article, “A number of historical documents suggest that racialized and gendered overtones also shaped 1960s-era associations between schizophrenia and gun violence in the United States” (Metzl & MacLeish 2015, 244). All of the supporting evidence helps explain why the society tends to assume that there is a certain type of person to look out for when it comes to crimes or gun-related

“It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property” (Johann Most). The Greasers struggle more than the Socs because they are faced with more problems than the Socs. There is clear evidence the Greasers struggle more than the Socs because the Greasers made sacrifices and are exposed to violence. The Socs struggle because they are forced to commit violence while the Greasers are faced with financial problems to solve.

There are many ideas underlying strain theory such as classical strain theories focused specifically on some disadvantages from different groups in society. With the plenty of inspiration and the inability to make these goals happen they considered a driving factor and theories behind different crimes. Breaking it down by everyone’s financial status for example, the “low class,” were unable to realize common, socially accepted ambitions through legal means. Whom felt forced to commit or be involved in criminal behavior to achieve what they wanted and needed in life. Those theories later were reformulated, most prominently by American criminologists Robert Agnew and Steven F. Messner and Richard Rosenfeld.

We are brainwashed by what the news shows us. Now every time we see an incident with a police man and a minority we automatically think racism. Police officers are scared to protect civilians because they are afraid of losing their jobs. Many police officers are suspended and fired for getting in a tussle with a minority.

The article “The Return of NYC’s Broken Windows” by John Podhoretz presents a genetic fallacy and inappropriate argument by authorities concerning aggressive panhandling. Thus, aggressive panhandling is a fallacy because this social problem fails to effectively evaluate the claim on its merit. Aggressive panhandling is a major social problem, and it is a genetic fallacy in the article of the “The Return of NYC’s Broken Windows”.

Hayward argued, “despite considerable success in combating certain forms of economic/acquisitive criminality, much of this Rational Choice Theory inspired Situational Crime Prevention lacks reflexivity.” (Hayward, 2007) Hayward criticizes how Rational Choice Theory emerges from the discipline and behavioural psychology, he believes that Rational Choice Theory may not be the best theory and believes that people should use Cultural Criminology, a theory where crimes are in the context of culture. “Cultural Criminology points to the subjective experiences and highly textured socio-cultural situations behind all crimes.” (Hayward, 2007)

Most are selfish and want everything for themselves. They are caught up in the gang violence and guns. They have the “respect game” backwards. They disrespect others so when nobody respects them it is a problem. They also do not respect others opinions.

Scott Fitzgerald implies that the people who pursue the American Dream are immoral and reckless. For example, Tom, a character who had achieved the American Dream, was unhappy and having an affair. This character has this life that everyone was striving for. He had everything he wanted so he wasn’t satisfied. He treated people like they were materialistic things.

The obstruction or violation of a tribune was a crime punishable by death (Morey, 1901). Initially, the plebian class were poor, mistreated and all together oppressed by the patrician class. There were several instances of conspiracies enacted by the patricians in order to ensure that wealth and power remained with the upper class. Our readings revealed that the plebian class revolted and left the patrician class to fight its own battles.

Popularity of Phone is seeing a steep rise. It is a communication gadget which can be used for different purposes. One basic reason is that iPhone has a huge storage capacity which allows storage of audio, contacts, photos, videos, and all other important information. Further it can be connected to the internet too. With all these features iPhone has gained prominence globally as a hi-tech mobile phone.

“The most dangerous people. The people who violently destroy and end the most lives, are still on the outside- they are the people running banks, governments, and courtrooms and they are the people wearing military and police uniforms”. This above quote from the article really shocked me because people who have the most authority are capable of harming others. People who don’t have any sort of authority, they are being punished.

Is the US Police department creating an environment in where it is allowed to use police force wrongly? I would agree. In most cases along with many documentaries, alleged crimes like these are not always adequately addressed by the Justice Department, sometimes even being shrugged off by the system. In simpler words I feel as if this is almost unfair. For those who might not know what this familiar, yet almost unrecognizable crime among officers is simpler terms is when the authorities abuse of their power, causing grave problems throughout the different communities across the country to which must be Immediately addressed by the system.

Therefore, with this newly attach label, they must "live up" to it and show their deviance. This can all be shown through media; nowadays, crime, murders, and robberies are all you hear about on the news. As a result, this encourages people to deviate from the norms in order to "achieve fame." The same goes for death penalty, anyone on death row makes national news and can be talked about for days, weeks, or even

The current criminal justice system has implemented countless policies that are unsupported or are determined ineffective by research and evaluation. Research and evaluation play an extremely limited role in policy making. Rather than having policy supported by empirical testing our current system promotes policies that are designed to win the approval of organizations and individuals that can promote polices and accelerate their implementation. When research and evaluation does not provide specific answers or raises more questions, it causes policy makers to dismiss research. Research often provides complex answers to our complex crime issues and this does not allow for policy makers to create quick fix policies for crime issues.