Merton

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Merton is an _______________ who uses Durkheim's concept of anomie to explain deviance. He combines two elements:

Individual strain theorist

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Structural factors: society's unequal _________________, such as opportunities blocked by class or for ____________

Opportunity structure

Ethnic minorities

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Cultural factors: the strong emphasis on success goals and the weaker emphasis on…

Using legal and legitimate means to get them

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Merton says deviance is the result of strain between: the goals that…

Culture encourages people to achieve

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AND what the institutional structure of society…

Allows them to achieve

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Eg. Money and success = …

Power and status