In sociology and criminology, strain theory states that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime. Following on the work of Émile Durkheim, strain theories have been advanced by Robert King Merton (1938), Albert K. Cohen (1955), Richard Cloward, Lloyd Ohlin (1960), Neil Smelser (1963), Robert Agnew (1992), Steven Messner and Richard Rosenfeld (1994)  . External links Deflem, Mathieu. 2018. Anomie, Strain, and Opportunity Structure: Robert K. Merton's Paradigm of Deviant Behavior. pp. 140–155 in The Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology, edited by Ruth A. Triplett. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Merton and the Strain Theory Zhang, J., Wieczorek, W.F., Conwell, Y. Tu, X.M. 2012, Psychological Strains and Youth Suicide in Rural China. Social Science & Medicine. 2011 Jun; 72(12): 2003–2010. .
In sociology and criminology, strain theory states that social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime. Following on the work of Émile Durkheim, strain theories have been advanced by Robert King Merton (1938), Albert K. Cohen (1955), Richard Cloward, Lloyd Ohlin (1960), Neil Smelser (1963), Robert Agnew (1992), Steven Messner , Richard Rosenfeld (1994) and Jie Zhang (2012) . External links Deflem, Mathieu. 2018. Anomie, Strain, and Opportunity Structure: Robert K. Merton's Paradigm of Deviant Behavior. pp. 140–155 in The Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology, edited by Ruth A. Triplett. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Merton and the Strain Theory Zhang, J., Wieczorek, W.F., Conwell, Y. Tu, X.M. 2012, Psychological Strains and Youth Suicide in Rural China. Social Science & Medicine. 2012 Jun; 72(12): 2003–2010. .
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