Functionalism on Negative Crime and Deviance Functions: Evaluation of Economic Strain

Question 1

Which Sociological Theory is most likely to dislike the Economic Strain theory of this creating crime?

Answer 1

Marxists

Question 2

What would Marxists say about Merton’s strain theory?

Answer 2

He ignores the people who created the American Dream for a specific purpose

Question 3

What would Marxists argue was the purpose of the creation of the American Dream?

Answer 3

To keep the proletariat trying to achieve a goal that they many would not achieve