General Strain Theory Research Paper

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There are many different reasons and theories that could explain criminal behavior and why they commit crimes. The General Strain Theory, which falls under a sub category of sociocultural theories labeled social and culture structure theories, further expands on Merton’s anomie theory and states that excessive amounts of strain can drive someone to commit crimes. Personally I find this theory is this most practical in terms of explaining crimes because it’s the simplest. Biological theories state that criminals share the same physical and biological traits and that criminals are born and not made. Some of the theories include people with certain body shapes or facial features were more inclined to criminal behavior.