Matza


	Theory	Strengths
	Criticising strain theory - it over predicts delinquency The majority of the time delinquents conform to societies rules Delinquents occasionally drift away from dominant values Deviance is unpredictable and has no pattern Subterranean values help to deviate away from dominant ones Subterranean values appeal to leisure classes Techniques of neutralisation help the deviant to justify their actions as not being wrong There are five techniques of neutralisation These values are; excitement, maschismo, toughness and a rejection of work Techniques are; Denial of responsibility, denial of injury, denial of the victim, condemnation of the condemners and appeal to higher loyalties
	Keywords and References	Weaknesses
	Strain Subterranean values Techniques of neutralisation NEWBURN, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd Ed. Oxon: Routledge.	Underplays crime, and that it does not explain the full mass of crime or the types of crime that can occur

Criticising strain theory - it over predicts delinquency
The majority of the time delinquents conform to societies rules
Delinquents occasionally drift away from dominant values
Deviance is unpredictable and has no pattern
Subterranean values help to deviate away from dominant ones
Subterranean values appeal to leisure classes
Techniques of neutralisation help the deviant to justify their actions as not being wrong
There are five techniques of neutralisation
These values are; excitement, maschismo, toughness and a rejection of work
Techniques are; Denial of responsibility, denial of injury, denial of the victim, condemnation of the condemners and appeal to higher loyalties

Underplays crime, and that it does not explain the full mass of crime or the types of crime that can occur

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