Strain theory applies because Jordan was under the impression he was being detached from the family or he was not given the attention he needed to receive. At the age of eleven‚ a young child is going through emotions and needs parental figures to provide unconditional
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Research Paper-The Columbine Shooters Many people wonder what goes through the mind of killers‚ why they committed such acts‚ and what persisted them to carry out such horrific crimes. Two killers in particular‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ who were responsible for the Columbine massacre are constantly questioned why they would shoot up their own school with intentions to kill hundreds. People often speculate that it video games‚ a mafia‚ movies‚ and bullying drove Harris and Klebold to the
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Columbine Essay Columbine is based upon years of research and hundreds of eyewitness accounts in an attempt to recreate the lives of the two perpetrators who carried out one of the worst school massacres in American history: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. On April 20th‚ 1999‚ before turning their weapons on themselves‚ Eric and Dylan managed to kill 13 people and wound dozens of others in the horrific tragedy. Dave Cullen spent years of research and interviewing in a hope to shed light on the
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Strain theory was originally pioneered by Robert K. Merton and it was later expanded on by Robert Agnew. Merton’s strain theory argues that individuals engage in deviant or criminal behavior when they cannot achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means (Merton‚ 1938). Essentially‚ deviance is the result of the strain that individuals feel from not being able to achieve their goals through legitimate means. Merton used the American Dream ideology to explain his theory. For example‚ the American
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There are programs that are created specifically to address a youth’s exposure to negative stimuli and to help them develop coping strategies and better behavior (Piquero & Sealock‚ 2000). Agnew and his generalized strain theory also have some options for how to deal with these particular types of crimes and the people behind them. These options involve cognitive‚ emotional‚ and behavioral strategies to help the individual cope better. The cognitive side deals with the
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According to Agnew & Passas (1997)‚ the Strain theory was established from Durkheim and Merton and out of the theory of anomie‚ which is the privation of typical moral or collective standards. Durkheim main focused was the declined of societal and the strain that occasioned on an individual level. Merton focused on the cultural disproportion that occurs between the norms and goals of the society. Anomie was divided into two categories; macroside and microside. Macroside anomie focused on the powerlessness
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its lowest levels. While not a single theory explains all crime committed by males and females‚ Robert Agnew’s general strain theory does a decent job in explaining why women resort to various criminal behavior. Robert Agnew’s theory focuses on the individual level of crime through the influences of strain. Where previous theories saw crime through the lens of the lower social and economic
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Agnew’s general strain theory is an extension on Merton’s strain theory. This theory argues there are three sources of strain: failure to achieve positive goals‚ introduction of negative stimuli‚ and the removal of positive stimuli. These sources and lead to an affective state classified by depression‚ anger‚ disappointment‚ and a withdrawn state. This can also lead to antisocial behaviors like drug and alcohol use‚ violence and dropping out of school. Agnew’s theory can be seen in Nicole’s scenario
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General strain theory was meant to explain that stress caused crime‚ that crime was sort of a coping mechanism for stress. The main propositions of Agnew’s general strain theory were that there were three types of stain that produced deviance: Failure to achieve positively valued goals‚ removal of positively valued stimuli‚ and confrontation with negative stimuli. Removal of positively valued stimuli refers to stress of adolescents caused by loss of a person or thing of great worth‚ such as‚ the
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Merton used Durkheim’s concept of anomie to form his own theory‚ called Strain Theory. Merton argued that anomie is not created by dramatic social change‚ but rather by a social structure that holds the same goals to all its members without giving them equal means to achieve them. Merton stated that all members of a capitalist society have goals such as "wealth‚ status and personal happiness"‚ (Merton‚ 1938) and that the means available to achieve this success are unevenly distributed throughout
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