Strain

This paper examines strain theories and its relationship to the field of criminology. Durkheim proposed about a quick change in society, but he moved his concentration from society to neighborhoods. Robert K. Merton adapted Durkheim’s idea, but he also moved away from society and neighborhood. Instead, he suggested that crime comparatively varies with social classes in American societies. In low social class, there is a high rate of crime. He used “social structural strain” to explain social…

Strain Theory has the most potential for being the most accurate theory why crime occurs. By looking at the statistics from 2009 to 2013, 2009 had the highest amount of crime rates in almost all categories. For example theft had 22481 number of offenses, which out of all the years seems to be the highest, same goes for other property which had a number of 9263 , weapon related which was at a number of 1462 and finally homicide which 26 was the number of offenses. Looking at the economy…

Within this essay the Cohen’s subcultural theory, in relation to Merton’s strain theory, Cloward and Ohlin’s delinquency and opportunity theory and Cohen’s status frustration theory, will be analysed in accordance to teenage gangs in London’s inner-city estates and the shortcomings where they fail to support these crimes. Crime Description London’s gang population expanding over 169 gangs with more than 5000 members (Hanna, 2007), mainly consisting of young males, are being held accountable…

Cervical Strain and Sprain With Rehab Cervical strain and sprain are injuries that affect the bones in the neck (cervical spine) and the soft tissues in the neck. A strain is when muscles or tissues (tendons) that connect muscles to bones stretch or tear. A sprain is when the tissues (ligaments) that connect bones stretch or tear. Cervical strains and sprains usually happen because of "whiplash" injuries. Whiplash is when the neck is forcefully whipped backward or forward. This condition can…

tendons, nerves, and/or muscles referred to as a repetitive strain injury. One common repetitive strain injury is carpal tunnel syndrome, which occurs due to constant pressure and irritation of the carpal tunnel. For a serious musician, the occurrence of repetitive strain injuries is very troublesome and if resulting in serious injury, can affect their profession and lifestyle. Therefore, it is vital to recognize any discomfort and strain in order to prevent further injury or damage to the body.…

Social Learning Theory and Strain Theory (Siegel & Walsh 2016 pp. 111) Social learning theory implies that criminal behavior is learned through close interactions with others, this theory, based on the assumption that all children are good at birth and have been taught to be bad. Depending on the children’s peer environment, any deviant values from interaction of family, friends or associates. If brought up in the wrong environment, nine out of ten will probably cave-in to crime. As…

and the 1960’s there was a war on poverty. The strain theories was the most used, and was the theories of choice by criminologist to solving crimes, and had an enormous effect on public policy. Criminologist strain theories in the 1980’s put the earlier strain theories under attack by arguing the theories had little effect on crime research. The newer criminologist argued that the older theories should be abandoned (Agnew, 1985). The earlier strain theories came under attack because the theories…

Criticisms As with any theory, the strain theory draws great criticism. One of the major criticisms is the fact that the strain theory is based on weak empirical support. Scholars have argued that the strain theory was improperly measured suggesting that the main concept of the strain theory was improperly measured in previous research (Burton & Cullen, 1992). A criticism made by Bernard (1987), is that the strain theories do not predict relationships at the individual level between crime and…

extreme gambling, alcoholism, lying, unhygienic, prostitution, stealing, and cross dressing as deviant or people acting upon deviant behavior. Although in our society this breaks our norms, he in other societies it may be their norms. The Merton’s Strain Theory displays five types of social deviance: innovation, conformists, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. Violate or conform are two probabilities for an individual's actions in the aspects…

A multitude of research has been done proving that General Strain Theory is relatively successful in explaining individual differences in offenses, along with the many different demographics. General Strain theory explains the life pressures and strains that take a toll on individuals along their life course pressuring one to commit crime. Crime and violence is a common response to those who deal with the negative emotions of life’s stresses. The theory also takes a look at the factors that…