Robert merton strain theory

    • [DOC File]Read Me First (CJ Specific)

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      According to Merton, this structural situation created a great deal of strain for poverty-stricken people and produced a variety of adaptations or types of responses. Others, such as Robert Agnew, took Merton’s anomie theory and broadened it to a general strain theory.

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    • [DOC File]Opportunity theory (or anomie theory)

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      "Social Structure and Anomie," Robert K. Merton (1938) Opportunity theory is a structural theory, but it refers to "midrange" level of society, rather than the macro level. Like other structural theories, it emphasizes the relationship between deviance and social structural conditions.

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    • [DOC File]Robert Agnew’s General Strain Theory

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      Robert Agnew’s revisions of the strain theory address many of the criticisms of the original strain theory. According to the original strain theory, an increase in aspirations and a decrease in expectations should lead to an increase in delinquency; however, this was not found to be the case (Agnew, 1985:152).

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    • [DOC File]Durkheim&Merton

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      Agnew: General Strain Theory. Overhaul of Merton’s Strain Theory. Four types of strain. Failure to achieve valued goals. Removal of valued stimuli. Can’t escape noxious stimuli. Disjuncture between expectations and aspirations. Agnew (GST) Strain(Negative Affective States. Anger, fear, …

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    • [DOC File]Deviance and Social Control

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      Robert Merton developed strain theory to analyze what happens when people are socialized to desire cultural goals but denied the institutionalized means to reach them. Merton used “anomie” (Durkheim’s term) to refer to the strain people experience when they …

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      According to Robert Merton’s strain theory, which of the following concepts correctly describes the behavior of a radical who rejects cultural goals and means in favor of some alternative system? a. innovation. b. ritualism. c. retreatism. d. rebellion. The basic idea behind labeling theory is that.

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    • Merton’s Central Argument

      For example, in further formulations of his anomie theory (1968: 233-235) Merton makes it very clear that he considers that the interaction context plays a significant role either in amplifying or ...

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    • [DOC File]Chapter 3: Theoretical Perspectives on Race and Crime

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      True or False: Robert Merton never addressed race in his strain theory. a. True. b. False. True or False: Emile Durkheim used the term anomie to refer to a state of normlessness or lack of social regulation society. a. True. b. False

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    • [DOC File](1-4, 5-9, 10-14)

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      How is Robert Agnew’s General Strain Theory an improvement over Robert Merton’s theory? Evaluate Albert Cohen’s strain theory on status and acceptance. Do you believe this is a logical explanation of delinquency? Does this theory do a good job of explaining delinquency committed by juveniles from the middle and upper-class?

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    • [DOCX File]Chapter 8: Social Structure Theories of Crime I: Early ...

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      The first strain theory discussed is Merton’s Strain Theory. Merton’s work was perhaps the most influential theoretical formulation in criminological literature. For Merton, anomie was the disequilibrium in the emphasis between the goals and the means of societies.

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