<span>The zone theory is based on the belief that structural factors such as poverty,
illiteracy, lack of schooling, and unemployment are powerful forces
that influence levels of crime.
</span> Park and Burgess proposed a theory of crime known as concentric zone theory.They showed that the zones closest to the inner city had the highest
prevalence of social ills, notably, unemployment, poverty, reliance on
social assistance, and rates of disease
