y. As an ending resort they are deterred to a life of crime, a life that they feel will help them cross the barriers of economic oppression. Elements of strain include Poverty, Maintenance of conventional rules and norms, strain, formation of gangs and groups, crime and delinquency criminal careers. One manifestation of strain is the ideology of traditional values, norms and folkways. People of all classes are compelled to reach the highest level of affluence possible, but after they reach a certain position it turns into a glass ceiling. The strain theory suggests, that people are detained from reaching their goal by some uncontrollable circumstance. Strain theory can be directly associated with the frustration and anger engulfed in the lower class, paradoxically some members of the upper class feel strain also if they feel like they are being held back from attaining certain goals.Strain theory is very complex, and has rooted the classical notions of anomie theory, they are very much interchangeable within these theories they leave room for people to try and overcome their detrimental effects. These maneuvers are classified as social adaptations. The five adaptations are as follows: conformity-the goals and the means exist simultaneously, innovation- goals are present but the legitimate way to attain those goals are non-existent, ritualism- goals are lowered and means are elevated, retreatism- rejects the goals and means of society, rebellion- using alternative set of goals and means. The strain theory consists of various organizational factors, mainly those dealing with socioeconomic status. Indigent people are forced into alternative methods for survival, therefore disrupting the norms of society. That's when threads of the anomie theory come into to play, people deviate from the norms and are forced into avenues that they wouldn't normally engage in if the means were readily attainable. U.S society stresses the goals of a...
