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6 September, 00:53

Consistent with the premises of strain theory, research finds that juvenile delinquency and gang membership is primarily caused by

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  1. 6 September, 04:38
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    It is caused by block opportunities. Robert King Merton who developed the Stain Theory was an American sociologist who claimed that society can boost deviance to a large degree. Merton assumed that socially accepted goals put pressure on people to follow. People are compulsory to work within the system or become members of a deviant subculture to achieve the desired goal. Merton continued on to say when individuals are faced with a gap between their goals (usually finances/money related) and their current status, strain occurs.
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