Robert Agnew's Strain Theory

Looking at Pan’s case the strain theory often comes to mind. Robert Agnew believed that strain could explain crime and deviance not due to social class or cultural variables like Robert Merton believed, but due to individuals and emotions. The three main aspects of Agnew’s theory are; strain as the failure to achieve positively valued goals, strain as the removal of positively valued stimuli from the individual and strain as the presentation of a negative stimuli. Of these three parts strain as the failure to achieve positively valued goals can interpret; difference between the aspiration/expectations and actual achievements which is usually influenced by factors like intelligence, social class both physical attractiveness and ability. It