SSCI 2810U Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Noxious Stimulus, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Devaluation
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Argue that strain is a causal factor in crime. Origin of strain theory is from the work of robert merton. Merton"s theory of anomie aka merton"s strain theory. Heavily influenced by durkheim"s conception of anomie. Merton altered the definition of anomie however. Nevertheless, durkheim"s theoretical framework was essential to merton"s work. Merton took durkheim"s propositions and emphasized american culture. Merton was one of the most popular theory in 1900"s and today one of most cited theories of crime today. The cultural context of merton"s theory merton published social structure and. Anomie was popular for a variety of reasons: it had its foundation in prior structural theories, timing of the introduction of merton"s theory was also important to its popularity. 1930"s significant social issue at the time was the economy the. Great depression stock market crash of 1929. This had an enormous effect on society unemployment, extreme poverty, suicide, crime.