Sociology 2266A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: General Strain Theory, Reaction Formation, Anomie
9 Dec 2017
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Strain theories: takes in to account how people view their own situations, ex. Evaluating gst: youth who score high on measures of perceived strain are more likely to engage in crime. Indicators of strain: family, breakups, unemployment, moving etc. are positively associated with crime: gst and gender, do women really have more strain (shown that men have more strain, perhaps women have better coping mechanisms. Cultural deviance theories: middle vs. lower class culture, how lower class people cope with their conditions by forming subcultures. In the middle class people: walter miller lower-class culture as a generating milieu of gang delinquency (1958) are expected to act rationally when dealing with strain, focal concerns, trouble: people judged on their involvement in creating trouble, ex. Clo(cid:449)ard a(cid:374)d ohli(cid:374)(cid:859)s differe(cid:374)tial opportu(cid:374)it(cid:455) theor(cid:455) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1010)(cid:1004): differential opportunities, legitimate opportunities, available to those born in the middle class, parental role models, extracurricular activities.
