Shaw and McKay's findings rejected Social Darwinism because it is obvious that the culture is not what influences crime and delinquency but, rather, the criminogenic nature of the environment.
<h3>What is Social Darwinism?</h3>
A broad range of ideologies known as social Darwinism first came into being in the late 1800s and exploited Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to support particular political, social, and economic viewpoints. The concept of "survival of the fittest," according to social Darwinists, holds that some people rise to prominence in society as a result of their inherent superiority. Throughout the past 150 years, social Darwinism has been invoked to defend many social injustices such as racism, eugenics, imperialism, and socioeconomic inequality.
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