Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Strain theory fails to explain crimes based in gender inequality. Merton deals with individuals forms of responses instead of group activity which crime involves. Merton's theory is not very critical of the social structure that he says generate the strains. Strain theory neglects the inter- and intra-personal aspect of crime.
Agnew recognized that strain theory, originally put forward by Robert King Merton, was limited in terms of fully conceptualizing the range of possible sources of strain in society, especially among youth. According to Merton, innovation occurs when society emphasizes socially desirable and approved goals but at the same time provides inadequate ...
"A longitudinal test of the revised strain theory." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 5:373-387 (1989) "Foundation for a general strain theory of delinquency." Criminology 30:47-87 (1992) "An empirical test of general strain theory." Criminology 30:475-499 (1992) (with Helene Raskin White) "A general strain theory of community differences in ...
RICHMOND – The Virginia Court of Appeals has denied a Brunswick County man’s request to overturn his life sentence for first-degree murder, claiming that the crime does not fit the criteria ...
A teaching assistant in Virginia was arrested after a student caught him masturbating at his desk, marking the second staff member at the Fairfax County high school to face charges for sex crimes ...
Cultural theory fits the least well with radical expectations, and unlike strain theory’s elements, cultural theories make no effort to view cultural principles as a solution to structural constraints. The cultural stance that an individual commits a crime because they have internalised pro-criminal values is widely accepted. [13]
Strain theory, which is largely derived from the work of Robert K. Merton in the 1930s and 1940s, argues that social structures within society which lead to inequality and deprivation in segments of its population indirectly encourage those segments to commit crime. According to strain theory, differences in crime rates between races are the ...
President Donald Trump is set to test the limits of his immigration crackdown by invoking a wartime law to deport immigrants alleged to be gang members without court hearings, a broad authority ...