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Spark Notes: Deviance: Structural Functional Theory

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Explains how structural functional theory can be used to explain social deviant behavior. Describes four functions of deviance that were identified by Durkheim, and the deviant and conformist ways that individuals respond to institutionalized structures and routes to success.

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anomie theory, cultural goals, functions of deviance, illegitimate opportunity structures, institutionalized means, strain theory of social deviance, emile durkheim, richard cloward and lloyd ohlin, robert k. merton, sparknotes: deviance: structural functional theory, explaining deviance
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)