According to Strain theory, ____ are those individuals who have traditional success goals but substitute deviant means by which to achieve them ?

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Robert Merton’s ideas on crime and deviance make use of the concept of anomie. What does anomie mean in Merton’s work ?

A. Normlessness B. meaninglessness C. social strain D. social adaptation...

Which of these is not a concept associated with Left Realist explanations of criminal subcultures ?

A. social exclusion B. individual pathology C. political marginalization D. relative deprivation...

Merton describes types of response to a situation where there are widely socially endorsed values but limited means of achieving them. Which of his types describes an acceptance of the values but willingness to use any means to achieve them?

A. Conformists B. innovators C. ritualists D. retrealists...

Psychological positivism stresses the key role that _______ plays in the development of conformist of criminal belief systems?

A. pre-natal nutrition B. hormones C. genetic abnormalities D. early childhood E. adolescence...

Social Control theory attempts to explain_____________?

A. conformity B. corporate crime C. Psychologically-based crime D. lower-class crime E. white-collar crime...