Merton's Strain Theory

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(Topic 1) Crime & Deviance Mapa Mental sobre Merton's Strain Theory, creado por CarrotSticks el 21/01/2014.
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Merton's Strain Theory
  1. Structural & Cultural Factors
    1. society has an unequal opportunity structure
      1. culture has a strong emphasis on success goals & less on using legitimate means to achieve them
        1. deviance result of a strain between...
          1. the goals that a culture encourages ppl to achieve
            1. what the institutional structure allows ppl to achieve legitimately
            2. deviance is a result of not being able to achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means
            3. The American Dream
              1. American culture values material wealth and high status (money success)
                1. official statistics - most crime is property crime
                  1. assumes a value consensus - not everyone's goal is money
                  2. ideology states that society is a meritocracy (everyone has equal opportunities)
                    1. reality = disadvantaged groups denied opportunities due to discrimination
                    2. strain between goal and opportunities = frustration
                      1. pressure to deviate and use illegitimate ways (strain to anomie)
                        1. pressure increases as culture emphasises winning the game to be more important than playing by the rules
                    3. Deviant adaptations to strain
                      1. one's position in the social structure affects how they adapt/respond to the strain to anomie
                        1. Conformity
                          1. strive to achieve goals legitimately (m/c w/ good opportunities)
                          2. Innovation
                            1. accept goals but use illegitimate means (lower class)
                              1. official statistics - w/c crime rates higher
                                1. stats over represent w/c - don't all deviate (deterministic)
                            2. Ritualism
                              1. given up on goals but have internalised the legitimate means (lower m/c in routine office jobs)
                              2. Retreatism
                                1. reject goals and legitimate means becoming dropouts (tramps, drug addicts, alcoholics psychotics etc)
                                2. Rebellion
                                  1. reject existing goals and means but replace them with new ones = desire revolutionary change (political radicals and hippies)
                                  2. shows how normal and deviant behaviour can stem from the same goals
                                    1. doesn't explain non-utilitarian crime and state crimes e.g. violence, vandalism, genocide, troture)
                                      1. ignores group deviance e.g. delinquent subcultures
                                      2. Marxists - ignores powewr of ruling class - reinforce laws that criminalise the poor
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