Robert merton believed that some people, based on their location within the social structure, feel more than others and will often find ways to achieve cultural goals by use of illegitimate means.

    Strain

Explanation:  This is a social strain theory put forward by Robert Merton that states that certain social frameworks and norms exert influence and, even more, pressure, on individuals to accept social norms and act in accordance with them in order to reach certain social goals. This would, for example, mean that if one is a middle class person, or wants to be one, he or she must achieve goals such as home, car, hobby, etc. However, it is often the case that some people lack the resources to achieve these goals because it requires money they do not have. Thus, in such individuals a strain arises due to the expectation of achieving the aforementioned goals, and they are not able to, so it is not uncommon for them to resort to crime. This theory is also a social theory that deals with the aspect of crime.

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)