Describe how Durkheim would apply his version of Anomie Theory to contemporary American society.

According to Robert Agnew’s General Strain Theory, some people are more predisposed to crime than others.

According to differential opportunity theory, criminal subcultures and the neighborhoods in which they reside can perpetuate crime through generations.

Differential opportunity theories argue motivations and availability of opportunities to learn about and participate in deviant behavior must be considered in the study of deviance.

According to Merton (1938), “Social Structure & Anomie” argues the goals of success, especially economic success, are viewed as legitimate expectations and norms for everyone in American culture.

According to anomie theories, it is not society that has failed to regulate expectations of its members, but the individual who has failed to regulate his/her own expectations of behavior.

Relative deprivation suggests that ______ has a direct impact on community crime rates.

According to Cohen, the delinquent subculture forms and is sustained because it ______.

Cohen argued that status frustration may lead to the collective solution of forming a ______ in which middle-class norms and values are replaced with their opposite.

Which adaptation to strain is exemplified by the chronically homeless and serious drug addicts?