The Legacy of Anomie Theory assesses the theory's continuing usefulness, explains the relevance of Merton's concept of goals/means disparity as a psychological mechanism in the explanation of delinquency, and compares strain theory with social control theory.
Author(s): Freda Adler; William S. Laufer
Series: Advances in Criminological Theory, 6
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 451
City: London
Tags: anomie, anomie theories
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
Part One Merton Reflects on Anomie Theory
Opportunity Structure: The Emergence, Diffusion, and Differentiation of a Sociological Concept, 1930s–1950s
Part Two The Legacy of Anomie Theory
1. Merton versus Hirschi: Who Is Faithful to Durkheim’s Heritage?
2. Continuities in the Anomie Tradition
3. The Contribution of Social-Psychological Strain Theory to the Explanation of Crime and Delinquency
4. Salvaging Structure through Strain: A Theoretical and Empirical Critique
5. Crime and the American Dream: An Institutional Analysis
6. Ethics and Crime in Business Firms: Organizational Culture and the Impact of Anomie
7. White-Collar Crime and Anomie
8. Social Order and Gang Formation in Chinatown
9. Cloward and Ohlin’s Strain Theory Reexamined: An Elaborated Theoretical Model
10. Synnomie to Anomie: A Macrosociological Formulation
Part Three General Articles
11. Kristian Georgevich Rakovsky: A Criminological Interlude
12. Contemporary Criminological Theory and Historical Data: The Sex Ratio of London Crime
13. Social Reaction and Secondary Deviance in Culture and Society: The United States and Japan
14. Discrepancies in the Control of Elite and Lower-Status Deviance: A Theory of Multiple Control
15. In Defense of Comparative Criminology: A Critique of General Theory and the Rational Man
Comments
Comments on Volume 3
Comments on Volume 1 and Volume 2
Contributors
Name Index
Subject Index
