take on anomie and strain theory, and focusing their lens on “street” crime in high poverty neighborhoods. The theory direct our focus to how society puts pressure on individuals to achieve socially accepted goals (such as the American Dream), though they lack the means, which then leads to breakdowns in, detachment from, norms. They argue that some substitute “counter norms,” “stretching” norms, and “innovate” to achieve their goals through deviance and crime. Despite these theories specifically focusing…
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