Strain theory was originally introduced by Robert King Merton (1938), and argues that society's dominant cultural values and social structure causes strain, ...
When a person views a strain as high in magnitude and unjust, and the pressure promotes criminal coping mechanism, people with minimal social control are more ...
2015年5月29日 — Strain theories state that certain strains or stressors increase the likelihood of crime. These strains lead to negative emotions, such as ...
General strain theory (GST) posits that crime and delinquency are caused by the presence of negative emotion(s), such as fear, disappointment, depression, anger ...
由 C Nickerson 著作 · 被引用 3 次 — Merton's Strain Theory posits that the cultural emphasis on wealth attainment in the American Dream creates strain for lower-class individuals ...
Since Agnew's revision of strain theory, strain theory has been used to explain a variety of criminological phenomenon such as patterns of male versus female ...