Chapter 8: Social Structure Theories of Crime I

Audio Links

• "'Ban the Box' Laws, Do They Help Job Applicants With Criminal Histories?"
  To help ex-felons land jobs, many states have enacted a law that prevents employers from asking applicants to check a box to reveal criminal history, but the intended effect of these laws might not be realized.
   
• "In Panama, Restoring Streets and Reforming Gangs at the Same Time"
  Like its Central American neighbors, Panama is dealing with a rise in gangs, but a hotel developer has taken on several of the gangs in his neighborhood, offering them rehabilitation, jobs, and hope.

Author Podcast

• Author Podcast: Anger

Video Clips

• SOCIOLOGY-Émile Durkheim
  A video about Émile Durkheim and his sociological view on crime.
   
• Robert Agnew on Strain Theory and the American Society for Criminology
  This video reviews Merton's strain theory as well as Agnew's general strain theory and its approaches.
   
• Christopher Dorner Manhunt: Search for Ex-LAPD Cop Goes On Amid California Snowstorms
  This news clip covers the story of the police search for Christopher Dorner.
   
• A community Safety Net to Prevent Rampage Shootings: Bernice Pescosolido at TEDxBloomington
  This video is about policies developed to provide social safety from crime.
   
• Law Enforcement Tries to Curb Increasing Gang Violence in LA, OC Counties
  Authorities attended a conference in Garden Grove in an effort to stop increasing gang violence in Orange and Los Angeles counties.
   
• The Great Moldovan bank robbery
  An in-depth look at how a bank robbery affected a city as a whole, including economically.

Websites 

• http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/does-inequality-cause-crime/381748/
  This article discusses strain theory and applies it to our modern society.
   
• Extreme Body Modification
  A photo gallery of extreme body modification.
   
• Blackmail
  A recent case of blackmail as reported by the New York Daily News.
   
• Robbery
  CBS Local reports on a robbery in Baltimore.
   
• Paraphilias-Necrophilia
  A news story on necrophilia.
   
• Paraphilias- Furries
  A news source on the furry paraphilia and subculture.