The Legacy of Anomie Theory

This sixth volume Advances in Criminological Theory is testimony to a resurgent interest in anomie-strain theory, which began in the mid-1980s and continues unabated into the 1990s. Contributors focus on the new body of empirical research and theorizing that has been added to the anomie tradition that extends from Durkheim to Merton. The first section is a major, 75-page statement by Robert K. Merton, examining the development of the anomie-and-opportunity-struc-ture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138536555
• ISBN13: 9781138536555
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 449 Pages