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Crime N The Hood

Crime rate in America has decreased in the past years. However, crime still exists in our nation’s streets. There are numerous factors that constitute street crimes, such as economic inequality and social class, ecological properties, no equipotentiality, and retreat. The motion picture, “Boyz N The Hood”, is a wonderful example of such factors that lead to these crimes.
Economic inequality is inevitable due to the fact that some people have higher education than others. Therefore, people belong to different social classes. According to criminologists this is because of race, age, and gender. To Lombroso, a criminologist, this was obvious. Lombroso said such aspects caused crime. In “Boyz N The Hood” these factors were present. All of the main characters were African-A...

Posted by: Anthony Pacella

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