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Can anyone think of a specific criminal that their crime was commited because of reasons from the Strain theory. I realize that most crimes committed because of stress or poverty happen often, but I am referring to a murderer using those reasons as his or her defense.
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You want a case that illustrates the theory?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
It's a causal theory not a courtroom defense.
Explain - Strain theory please.........
Strain theories are an adaptation of anomie attributed to Durkheim, who used the word in The Division of Labour in Society and in Suicide (1897) where he outlined the causes of suicide and described a condition or malaise in individuals, characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or values, and an associated feeling of alienation and purposelessness. Strain Theories provide structural-functional explanations for criminality. A purely structural explanation demonstrates how things work, locating a process, event, or variable within a larger structure by emphasizing locations, interdependencies, distances or relations among positions in that structure. A functional explanation uses a structural explanation to analyze how interdependent parts fit into and sustain an overall system, hence demonstrating why things happen. All systems, whether mechanical or social, depend on the constituent parts working together, and any failure or "strain" on a critical part or combination of parts may cause system failure unless "repair" or replacement is done. These theories also relate to Differential Association, Social Control and Social Learning Theory. This sounded pretty good I have my own theory. I feel that under certain circumstances a person can reach a point where they "snap and do" they have reached a point where they must react for their, even if it is imagined, " self preservation"
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