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Anomie |
breakdown of social bonds = state of normlessness
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Adaptations to strain
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Merton 1930s Conformists, innovators, ritualists, retreatists, rebels, maximizers (NEW) |
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Maximizers
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Murphy and Robinson 2008 Conformists and innovators not exclusive. rich strive for more $$ via crime |
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Relative deprivation
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Economic inequality leads to crime -product of envy and justice -higher crime rates during recession |
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Implication of relative dep.
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State promote more welfare initiatives to empower poor communities -BUT they instead promote consumerism -unlikely in neo-liberal economies |
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General Strain Theory
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1. Failure to achieve +'ly valued aspirations etc.. -emotions lead to crime
2. removal of +'ly valued stimuli -death, support from important peeps
3. negative stimuli -abuse, victimization etc.. lead to emotions lead to crime |