CRJU 3800-Race, Ethnicity, & Criminal Justice: Anomie (Strain) Theory
Key Theorists and Researchers
Durkheim felt that societies could become susceptible to crime and other social problems due to rapid population growth and urbanization. Societies would not have time to enact appropriate laws and regulations to govern social interactions. This condition of inadequate social control was what Durkehiem called anomie.
Merton stated that anomie produces strain in people. He developed a typology of individual responses to the strain. These responses are: conformity, innovation, ritualism, reatreatism, and rebellion.
Albert H. Cohen
Richard Cloward
Derek Ohlin
Books
- Delinquency and Opportunity: A Theory of Delinquent Gangs byCall Number: HV9069 .C52
- Pressured into Crime : An Overview of General Strain Theory byNot available at DSC. Request through GIL Express.
- Social Theory and Social Structure: Toward the Codification of Theory and Research byCall Number: HM66 .M4 1957
eBooks
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- Suicide: A Study in Sociology byCall Number: HV6545 .D812
The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression by Call Number: HM1116 .C36 2007ISBN: 9780521845670Publication Date: 2007-06-01- Understanding Latino Delinquency: The Applicability of Strain Theory by Ethnicity byISBN: 1931202850Publication Date: 2002-01-01
