Ideologically, the world divides individuals into many groups based on a variety of considerations, including their amount of wealth or poverty, political clout, and educational attainment. The general public frequently views the poor as hopeless, unmotivated, and a source of shame as a result of their failures in life (McLeod,…
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According to many studies, crime rises when there is tension or a disconnect between society’s achievement goals—amassing material wealth—and the options that exist to achieve those goals in a legal manner, as by working a well-paying job. Anomie is the term used to describe the disparity between the goals and…
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