Merton


	Theory	Strengths
	Building on DURKHEIM'S anomie Anomie is created because people cannot achieve societies goals A critique of American culture American society and values caused crime and deviance The American dream is the idea that everyone who works hard can achieve prosperity and success Blocked means create strain and anomie leading to deviance Four deviant adaptions that describe individuals who do not conform; innovate, retreatist, rebellion and ritualist His theory was to try and explain some kinds of deviant behaviour
	Keywords and References	Weaknesses
	Anomie Strain Innovate Retreatist Rebellion Ritualist NEWBURN, T. (2013) Criminology. 2nd Ed. Oxon: Routledge.	We do not know how much monetary success is really valued in society Why those in lower classes are more universially accepting of a deviant/criminal behaviour.

Building on DURKHEIM'S anomie
Anomie is created because people cannot achieve societies goals
A critique of American culture
American society and values caused crime and deviance
The American dream is the idea that everyone who works hard can achieve prosperity and success
Blocked means create strain and anomie leading to deviance
Four deviant adaptions that describe individuals who do not conform; innovate, retreatist, rebellion and ritualist
His theory was to try and explain some kinds of deviant behaviour

We do not know how much monetary success is really valued in society
Why those in lower classes are more universially accepting of a deviant/criminal behaviour.

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