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Merton's structural strain theory traces the origins of deviance to: a.anomie. b.individual matters (e.g., emotional stress) c.the tension caused by the gap between cultural goals and the means people have to achieve those goals. d.a weakening of a person's (or group's) attachment to social bonds
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2. ANOMIE THEORY focuses on value conflicts between culturally prescribed goals and socially approved ways of achieving them. Merton identified five modes of individual adaptation to the strain between a society’s culturally prescribed goals and its social structure and institutionalized means of achieving them. a.
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Liii Anomie Theory. 31b.Emile Durkheim's Anomie means: A. Normlessness B. Value Free C. Welfare State D. Cultural determinism E. Structural strain. 32b. Merton believed that because the social structure effectively limited the availability of legitimate institutionalized means, a _____is placed on the people. A. Goal B. disjunction C ...
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The Glossary is in a PDF format which means that there is a search box for a particular term at the top center of the page. I hope you find the glossary useful. ... "Communism" as developed by Lenin and institutionalized throughout Eastern Europe (until 1990) and China bears little resemblance to Marx's vision. ... Structural strain theory.
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a. A permanent disjuncture between cultural goals that are worth striving for and institutionalized or appropriate means of obtaining those goals . 2. Society is characterized by unequal access through legitimate means to cultural goals. a. Results in strain . b. See Figure 5-4 Mapping Delinquency Theory: Robert Merton
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When all people can’t achieve those culturally prescribed goals through culturally legitimate means, strain occurs. Strain theories are concerned with structures that provide the institutionalized means to cultural goals. Second, it deals with structural relationships between those goals and institutionalized means.
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According to strain theory, deviants are not pathogenic individuals but the products of society. Sociologists Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin developed illegitimate opportunity theory to explain why social classes have distinct styles of crime. They suggest that these differences are due to differential access to institutionalized means.
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Institutionalized Means? Due to the social structure in the U.S., the means are unequally distributed. Segment of society with no way to attain goal. Anomie as a Macro Level Theory. Explains the high crime rates among the lower class. Explains the high crime rates in the United States? (Means/Goal conflict) Strain Theory (Micro) Criticisms of ...
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Robert Merton’s Strain Theory (Emphasizes two elements: Cultural Aspirations & Institutionalized Means (know what this means)) Merton’s Theory of Anomie. Modes of Adaptation: Conformity, Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, and Rebellion . Social Class and Crime. Race and Crime. Criticisms of Merton’s Theory. Steven Messner and Richard ...
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Strain Theory--Anomie at the Micro Level. Cultural Goal in U.S.? This goal is universal (The American Dream) Institutionalized Means? Due to the social structure in the U.S., the means are unequally distributed. Segment of society with no way to attain goal b/c they lack means. Strain Theory (Micro) Support for Micro Strain Theory
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Strain can be relieved by being fully resolved, by being isolated or arrested, or by changing the structure itself. Since strain usually falls on relations between units of the system, structural change to relieve the strain is defined as alteration in normative culture defining the expectations governing that relation.
Merton’s Central Argument
“The key concept bridging the gap between statics and dynamics in functional theory is that of strain, tension, contradiction or discrepancy between the component elements of social and cultural ...
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Cultural transmission theory holds that some people are deviant because it is part of their nature. A person is more likely to copy the deviant behavior of someone who is a significant other than someone whose opinion is unimportant to the person.
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