... the social realities when bridging these ideas with "American History X" to show that all aspects of society are interconnected when it comes to criminal behavior. Thinking Theoretically & The Sociological Imagination Ian Craib (1984) has previously affirmed that we always acknowledge theory as ending product, but we never really go further into discussion on the processes that occurred to create ... , and of their intersections within a society has completed its intellectual journey" (p.6). Whatever problem arises in society needs to be thought of as a problem of a larger scale. Using th...

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... not. By not wearing the standard clothing Carter refuses to assimilate into the general population of the prison, thus keeping his own identity, pluralism. Carter also employs the idea of sociological imagination while serving his time in prison. The idea of socialization in the prison is that the warden is the top official with the guards below him and then the ... , that they are no longer free. The very freedom that the other inmates, guilty or not, have come to accept as lost, is only lost to them because of the perspective they take on the situation. The other inmates derive their f...

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