Intro to Crim week 3

a moral confusion or breakdown in mores or a gap between goals and means in society (Emile Durkheim)

Cloward and Ohlin's theory that crime takes place due to a lack of legitimate opportunity and is also due to the availability of illegitimate opportunites

Sutherland's theory that crime is learned due to exposure to an excess of contacts that advocate criminal behavior

An example of the technique of neutralization, denying harm to anyone, is associated with victimless crimes.

Which theory focuses on modes of personal adaptation to account for criminality?

This theory posits that peoples become predisposed toward criminality because of an excess of contacts or interactions that advocate for criminal behavior.

Generally speaking, anomie theories focus on crime as the result of:

A particular student wants to do well in school but never seems to be able to earn higher than a D. In pursuit of academic success, the student begins to cheat on exams. This is most consistent with which form of adaptation in Merton's theory of anomie/strain?

Someone who supports anomie theory as an explanation for crime would suggest which policy?

According to Mesner and Rosenfeld's publication Crime and the American Dream, high crime rates in the U.S. can be largely explained by reality that the economy dominates the major institutions in America (politics and education).