Crime : Murray AO3

• +may explain higher crime rate among the unemployed.
• -produces a stigmatised identity of people on benefits.
• -not all young men from single parent families turn to crime.
• +There is growing evidence to show that people are becoming more dependent on welfare handouts, some sociologists and politicians go as far as suggesting that these benefits should be stopped.
• -Taylor argues however that subcultures are not part of a rejectionist subculture but as a result of changes in the economic structure of society. Unskilled labour jobs are rapidly decreasing resulting in a decline of jobs within this sector. This means people cannot get jobs to pay for what they need. For some, criminal activity may be the only way of surviving.