Strain Theories Of Crime

The idea of strain theory is that there are many factors in your life that will lead you in the life of crime. These factors are said to have negative affect on your life goals that will cause you to search for alternatives in order to live. Some examples of this theory can be outlined in many different categories. Money is one of the first and major parts of strain theories. It is believed that all people want to achieve great wealth in their life. If this cannot be attained because of loss of a job or poor job quality it is believed that people will turn to crime. This goes back to the original introduction of the theory during the time of the great depression. During this time crime was said to be higher in the U.S. caused from the …show more content…
It is believed that just by you race we can judge whether or not you are going to be a criminal. To a point this has been proven, but this can also be attributed to the fact that people watch certain races closer. If you watch someone close enough you will see them make a mistake. You see gangs of like race joining together which also can effect these outcomes. You can see this in the fact of religion also in the world today. Very outrages religious groups believe they have to do what they believe at all cost to humanity. This can also raise the crime rate of certain racial groups and cause the outcome of the studies to be …show more content…
No, I believe in parts of it, but I also think we can twist it around to cover are self for what we do. If we have poor coping skills or poor support we can often find ourselves committing a crime. Or often we want to be part of the group, even if it is the wrong group. Criminals often seek the week to feed off of. Whether you are the victim that they commit the crime against or someone that they see as week and just want to use. We want to fit in, so we will just go with it no matter what the cost. (Agnew 1997) Also, we believe if the ends justify the means we should do it. So if we decide it is ok to do a crime because it is necessary, we are more willing to do it. This goes to our basic survival needs, if we need it to survive we are justified. We do not know though how this will effect thee person that we stole from. Or, in a criminals mind, if the punishment is not as bad as the crime is good. They often believe that they can do what little punishment they face because the reward was far better.
So the answer to the question, do you believe in the strain theory? Yes, I believe that if we meet the standards that are laid out in it to a whole we will often create a crime. Yet, for the most part I believe a large amount of the population will not meet the guidelines as a whole and will only use it as a crutch. A large amount of criminals will be that even if they had everything that they wanted and strived for