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Essay / Analysis of Crime and Daily Life - 881
Illegal markets can be considered as secondary social groups, with their complex social structure and social interactions between each group. Such an example could be during a drug sale with the interaction between the dealer and the customer. Sociology in Our Times introduces that “social structure gives us the ability to interpret the social situations we encounter. » (Kendall 123) Thus, the social structure and social interaction are already present and built around the known framework. The class system has different effects on crime scene settings. Kendall describes the class system as “property-based types of stratification…” (Kendall 225), such that different classes have diverse and differential properties. The upper class and even the upper middle class will own hotter products, things that meet all the criteria; concealable, removable, available, valuable, pleasant and disposable. But that doesn't mean the upper class is robbed most often. Members of upper-class families are more likely to have stay-at-home mothers who can act as caretakers of their surroundings and hot goods. Offenders want a target “who looks like a simple pickpocket” (Felson/Boba), or in other words, the subordinate they dominate. Offenders understand that the target will be easier to acquire if it is weak. Additionally, the target might be safe if surrounded by dominant people.