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Title: Mertons Theory of Anomie


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Mertons Theory of Anomie
  • Anomie Deviance arises out of the discrepancy
    between societys social goals and the supply of
    legitimate means to achieve those goals. People
    without the means resort to different tactics
  • Conformists accept the goals of society and
    possess the means achieve those goals
  • People who do not have the advantage of these
    means react in different ways.

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Anomie/Ritualists
  • Ritualists are honest, hard-working people often
    of the lower-middle-class or working class who
    live in modest homes and drive older cars, make
    some of their own clothes
  • They attempt to follow the rules of society
  • They lower their expectations of having fancy new
    cars and expensive holidays

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Innovators
  • Innovators include criminals, people who cheat on
    exams and bullies. They are people who use
    deviant means to achieve non-deviant goals
  • Some Conformists later become Innovators
  • Officials who accept kickbacks for work contracts
    corporate executives who fix prices or falsely
    advertise are Inonovators

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Retreatists
  • Retreatists reject both the means and the goals
    of society. They withdraw from society
  • They may be drug addicts or street people.
  • Some religious groups are Retreatists.
  • They may substitute salvation or meditation for
    worldly goals
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