Control Criticisms of Strain Theories: An Assessment of Theoretical and Empirical Adequacy
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Vol. 21 (4) , 353-372
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427884021004005
Abstract
Strain theories have been subjected to a number of theoretical and empirical criticisms, resulting in a decline in strain-oriented research. A review of those criticisms finds that theoretical objections are largely self-contradictory, and empirical studies that focus on seriously delinquent populations provide considerable support. Separate causal processes may be at work in basically nondelinquent but somewhat “wild” youths.Keywords
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