Robert Merton's Social Strain Theory
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Cesare Lombroso was a criminal anthropologist he concluded that offenders had not developed to the unchanging lengths as non-offenders. His method was a structure of biological positivity, since it suggested that reliable information is obtained from science, reasoning and physical senses.
His theory came from his study of prosecuted criminals both deceased and live. Lombroso differentiated the criminal bodily fitness to those of non-criminals, as well as people who were identified psychotic. In his study he found, to some degree those offenders he made research on were prone to have unusual bodily features, i.e. large jaws or unusual teeth. In his opinion these characteristics caused offenders to engage in criminal activities. This …show more content…
being involved in gangs. The focal point of this theory is on crime as a whole.
- Merton’s theory alleges that the in USA incapability or pressure survive amongst people’s goals of the cultural objective. Merton’s research is mainly for investigating crimes of the economy, e.g. destruction of public or private property. - This theory seems to give a great clarification of juvenile misbehav-ior. He broadened his research to the working parent as well not only the children.
- Merton’s theory widened the investigation to include change and security. The theory managed to analyze the difference between reason and personal agenda. - The theory exaggerates on the significance on the group behind the crimes than a person accountable for.
- Merton did not distrib-ute the matter of authority appropriately. Merton successfully fails to describe the reason people accomplish aims, i.e. the rich and wealthy, engage in white collar crimes.
References
Sheldon, W.H,Hartl, E.M and McDermott, E. (1949). Varieties of Delinquent youth. New York: …show more content…
He claimed that people can answer to anomie created by difficult possibilities in a lot of ways. The majority of people deal with their distress by acknowledging what life gives them. Some individuals refuse the normal way of obtaining wealth and take the criminal way, resulting in criminal activities. Other people fail to keep a glimpse of their achievements, and end up in dead-end jobs or face unemployment. Some people aim to restore the equally shared objectives with replacements, mainly rebellious, rivalry and ethics, i.e.
Cesare Lombroso was a criminal anthropologist he concluded that offenders had not developed to the unchanging lengths as non-offenders. His method was a structure of biological positivity, since it suggested that reliable information is obtained from science, reasoning and physical senses.
His theory came from his study of prosecuted criminals both deceased and live. Lombroso differentiated the criminal bodily fitness to those of non-criminals, as well as people who were identified psychotic. In his study he found, to some degree those offenders he made research on were prone to have unusual bodily features, i.e. large jaws or unusual teeth. In his opinion these characteristics caused offenders to engage in criminal activities. This …show more content…
being involved in gangs. The focal point of this theory is on crime as a whole.
- Merton’s theory alleges that the in USA incapability or pressure survive amongst people’s goals of the cultural objective. Merton’s research is mainly for investigating crimes of the economy, e.g. destruction of public or private property. - This theory seems to give a great clarification of juvenile misbehav-ior. He broadened his research to the working parent as well not only the children.
- Merton’s theory widened the investigation to include change and security. The theory managed to analyze the difference between reason and personal agenda. - The theory exaggerates on the significance on the group behind the crimes than a person accountable for.
- Merton did not distrib-ute the matter of authority appropriately. Merton successfully fails to describe the reason people accomplish aims, i.e. the rich and wealthy, engage in white collar crimes.
References
Sheldon, W.H,Hartl, E.M and McDermott, E. (1949). Varieties of Delinquent youth. New York: …show more content…
He claimed that people can answer to anomie created by difficult possibilities in a lot of ways. The majority of people deal with their distress by acknowledging what life gives them. Some individuals refuse the normal way of obtaining wealth and take the criminal way, resulting in criminal activities. Other people fail to keep a glimpse of their achievements, and end up in dead-end jobs or face unemployment. Some people aim to restore the equally shared objectives with replacements, mainly rebellious, rivalry and ethics, i.e.