How does the strain between the 2 result in deviance?
A culture engourages individuals to aspire to a goal that the strucutre of society doesn't allow them to legitimately acheive.
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How does the American Dream show this?
Americans are expected to be successful through legitimate means, but not everyone have the same opportunities.
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What are the 5 deviant adaptations to strain and briefly explain.
Conformity - accept goals and means. Innovation - accepts goals but reject means. Ritualism - Reject goals but accept means. Retreatism - reject both goals and means. Rebellion - reject both goals and means but create their own.
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5 criticisms of Merton.
Takes official statistics at face value. Ignores the power of the ruling class (Marxist). Assumes there is a value consensus. Only accounts for utilitarian crime. Ignores group devaince.
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Card 2
Front
A culture engourages individuals to aspire to a goal that the strucutre of society doesn't allow them to legitimately acheive.
Back
How does the strain between the 2 result in deviance?
Card 3
Front
Americans are expected to be successful through legitimate means, but not everyone have the same opportunities.
Back
Card 4
Front
Conformity - accept goals and means. Innovation - accepts goals but reject means. Ritualism - Reject goals but accept means. Retreatism - reject both goals and means. Rebellion - reject both goals and means but create their own.
Back
Card 5
Front
Takes official statistics at face value. Ignores the power of the ruling class (Marxist). Assumes there is a value consensus. Only accounts for utilitarian crime. Ignores group devaince.
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