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  • Essay / Theory of crime: The theory of anomie - 1305

    This theory places the individual in a box where the individual internalizes everything. The individual in his box has culturally defined goals, his personal means to achieve these goals, the pressure imposed on him by the disjunction between society's goals and its means. The pressure placed on the individual leads to the selection of one of the five adaptations without taking into account the individual's reaction to pressure from other individuals and groups and its interaction with the individual (Cohen, 1965). This is particularly important among individuals who are members of social groups, such as members of churches or religious groups, because the individual's reaction to their personal tension is strongly influenced by their social interaction with the group. Individuals who are members of religious groups are unlikely to lean toward deviance and crime due to conflict with their belief system and ties to the groups, although this is not uncommon, but these crimes must be crimes not associated with tension, while individuals without this strong relationship with a social group are more likely to be associated with deviance and crime. Additionally, anomie theory does not take into account the relationship between individuals and groups when it comes to deviant and criminal behavior. Individuals are more likely to engage in loitering, vandalism, or violent behavior when placed in a group. With the influence of peer pressure on individuals and normalization being an important central factor in the likelihood that an individual will be deviant, anomie theory fails to account for a critical piece of the puzzle. The neglect of the experiences of other individuals and groups when examining anomie theory means that it does not take into account those experiences, whether they are conforming or deviant, and how they might