SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peer Pressure, Bourgeoisie, Proletariat
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Says that it is not about biology. He says that deviant conduct should be viewed as when there is a disjuncture between the goals and the means. And that when there is a space between these people will use the least resistance when trying to obtain these goals. And he believes that this has created a strain, a strain to obtain the middle class goals: of which has 2 elements. Difference between the means and the goals the consequence that happens results in different anti socials behaviours, pathological behaviours, or revolutionary activities. Suggested then that our class structures have become more mobilified, and as a result he believes that this is the cause of deviant behavior: people are blocked from achieving things, there is a lack of opportunity. Restricting his analysis to lower class crime, particularly lower class white boys.
