| A | B |
|---|
| Merton (1938) adapted | Durkheim's concept of anomie |
| Mertons explanantions combined | structural and cultural factors. |
| The structural factors | consider society's unequal opportunity structure |
| The cutural factors | emphasise the success goals and the legitimate means to achieve them |
| For Merton, deviance is a | strain between achievement and goals. |
| In Merton's Theory, winning the game | is more important than playing by the rules. |
| Conformity is | ++ |
| Innovation is | +- |
| Ritualism is | -+ |
| Retreatism is | -- |
| Rebellion is | -/+, -/+ |
| Merton explains the patterns | of crime shown in official statistics |
| The first criticisms of Merton is that | he takes statistics at face value and he takes statistics at face value |
| The second and Marxist criticisms of Merton is | he fails to consider ruling class power and he fails to consider the law criminilising the poor but not the rich |
