CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Relative Deprivation, Drug Culture, General Strain Theory

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Most well-known and durable sociological explanation of crime and deviance. Anomie strain tradition: emile durkheim, robert merton, robert agnew, steven messner, richard rosenfield. Emile derived the term anomie from greek world, originally referring to a state of social disorder that social norms(standard of conduct) were weakened or non-existent. Introduced his concept in 1893 in his book, the division of labor in society. In 1897 a book, suicide: a study in sociology, emily used anomie to describe a social condition of lawlessness, normlessness and unregulated choice that led certain individuals to commit what he referred to as anomic suicide. Robert merton (cid:271)o(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:449)ed e(cid:373)ile"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie a(cid:374)d applied to a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374) o(cid:272)iet(cid:455). Argued that a. s was itself criminogenic, and the main source of anomie. Anomie was attributable to the strong emphasis placed on the cultural goals of accumulation of wealth and social advancement, and the lack of institutional means.

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