Author Question: Discuss the relationship between stress and crime according to Agnew What will be an ideal ... (Read 63 times)

FButt · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

Discuss the relationship between stress and crime according to Agnew

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Comment on the social attitudes during the 1980s and 90s and how they may have fostered the development of certain types of theories.

What will be an ideal response?

dominiqueenicolee · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: key points to be made
strain from blocked opportunities makes it difficult to avoid crime
tendency to avoid pain, presence of stressors or loss of positive stimuli creates pressure to crime through negative emotions
Lack of coping mechanisms opens door to deviance
Low social control, peer pressure and even perceptions of being treated unfairly or unjustly can lead to irrational thinking, inability to correctly calculate outcomes of actions

Answer to Question 2

Answer: key points to be made
Me generation and generation X emphasis on self-interest
Focus on accountability, soft free will, more radical and conflict perspectives put aside
Belief in parents responsibility to teach discipline and restraint
Use of integrated theories particularly using Gluecks longitudinal data on juveniles