Aspirations and Expectations

Question 1

Aspirations VS Expectations

Answer 1

Typically used for teens, this approach warns that having expectations too close to aspirations leads to a higher level of frustration, and thus of criminality

Question 2

Poverty VS Wealth

Answer 2

In areas of extreme poverty or extreme wealth, we might find that such big differences create despair and subsequently higher crime rates

Question 3

Issue of the Goals/Means Formula

Answer 3

It does not do a very good job at explaining middle-class deviance. To fix this, sociologists focused on immediate goals more, which highlighted a feeling of frustration when goals weren’t met in a timely manner