n a society are marked off by categories of income, education, and occupational prestige,
             differences are discovered among them in the amount and style of crime. Further, differences are
             usually found between these "social classes" in their tastes, interests, and morals. Its is easy to
             describe these class-linked patterns as cultures. This version of the subcultural explanation of
             crime holds that the very fact of learning the lessons of the subculture means that one aquires
             interests and preferences that place him in greater or lesser risk of breaking the law. Others argue
             that being reared in the lower class means learning a different culture from that which creates the
             criminal laws. The lower- class subculture is said to have its own values, many of which run
             counter to the majority interests that support the laws against the serious predatory crimes. One
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