According to Robert Merton’s theory, what causes strain?

What will be an ideal response?


A cultural emphasis on monetary success, combined with a social structure that restricts access to the legitimate means of achieving it.

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Challenges to prison conditions by inmates, which are brought under the Eighth Amendment, must show ________ by the officials responsible for the conditions

a. wanton infliction b. recklessness c. criminality d. deliberate indifference

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Asian youth gangs are connected to ___________, Asian organized crime

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Critical infrastructures rely on each other and a failure in one sector could lead to a cascading failure in others

a. True b. False

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In __________ , the Court said that the police could not purposefully avoid providing warnings per Miranda to get a confession. Obtaining a confession without the warnings and then giving the warnings a short time later is not acceptable

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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