Illegitimate Opportunity Structure is a theory developed by
Cloward and Ohlin in 1960, and it explains that in the urban slums an
alternative door to success opens including robbery, gambling, drug dealing,
prostitution and other crimes. An example of this is drug dealers who present
the image of being rich and leading a rich lifestyle, when crime is the only
thing that got them to that place. In this picture is a rough area of downtown
Kansas City, where some of these alternative doors to success are opened daily.
Every city has their “scary” area, and this is one in KC. Because the legal,
easier doors to success have been slammed in the lower social class’ faces,
they are forced to do illegal activity to try to get ahead in life.
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