Merton Strain Theory (Key Study)

1. Another crit?

Young (The Vertigo of Late Modernity) - Contradiction of consumer culture and institutes that fail to deliver such success to majority leads to anomie and violent crime
Taylor, Walton & Young - Theory cannot explain politically motivated crime where law broken for cause (eg rich workers stop system changing to benefit poor)
Reiner - Theory cannot be adapted to take crits into account - Not all crimes indirectly related to status
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Walton (The Vertigo of Late Modernity) - Contradiction of consumer culture and institutes that fail to deliver such success to majority leads to anomie and violent crime
Young (The Vertigo of Late Modernity) - Contradiction of consumer culture and institutes that fail to deliver such success to majority leads to anomie and violent crime
Taylor (The Vertigo of Late Modernity) - Contradiction of consumer culture and institutes that fail to deliver such success to majority leads to anomie and violent crime

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Anomie - They became active in society and seek out normal ways of behaving
Anomie - They became dienchanted with society and seek out alternative (often deviant) ways of behaving
Nothing - Society has enough members already to function

All societies set member goals, provide socially acceptable ways of achieving these goals
Through beer goggles
All societies set member goals, provide socially acceptable and unacceptable ways of achieving these goals
Constantly changing goals and values, many ways to achieve these goals