What is structural strain? What are the sources of struct ural strain in the Uni

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a) Structural strain is all about opposite behaviour an individual indulges in because of pressures from the society.

Every society around the world have certain norms or ways in which we all have to behave but sometimes due to pressures for example; poverty or lack of jobs people experience societal pressure and get involved in behaviours which are unethical or amoral.

When the society puts pressure on someone to achieve a dream and the person is not able to due to lack of means then they experience strain and indulge in crimes for example drugs or prostitution.

b)SOURCES OF STRUCTURAL STRAIN IN INDIA/US

India is a huge country with 1.3 billion of population and everybody has aspirations to become someone or achieve some milestone in life.

But since its a huge country people also experience a lot of stress and depression due to;

And all these factors lead to people being under pressure from the society in general and family to achieve something. for example; In India every person needs a job to do, some people want to set up their own businesses and when one cant find any sources to raise money people especially younger generation of India indulge in crimes like robbery,kidnapping etc.

People in U.S also experience this strain because of racism and classism because they also aim for the same goals of economic success as the rest of the society but inequalities in society limit them to achieve this success.

for example; the Black Lives Matter Movement that happened shows this strain.

c)RESPONSES TO STRUCTURAL STRAIN (MERTON'S TYPOLOGY)-WAYS TO ADAPT WHEN PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STRAIN

d) THE SAINTS AND THE ROUGHNECKS BY WILLIAM J. CHAMBLISS

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