strain theory

strain theory. The theory that people commit crimes to alleviate stress created by the disjunction between their station in life and the station to which society has conditioned them to aspire. Cf. CONTROL THEORY; RATIONAL-CHOICE THEORY ; ROUTINE-ACTIVITIES THEORY.

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