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The relationship between crime and “objective” versus “subjective” strains

✍ Scribed by Giacinto Froggio; Robert Agnew

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
141 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0047-2352

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✦ Synopsis

Agnew's (2001

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general strain theory makes a distinction between "objective" strains, which refer to events and conditions which are disliked by most people in a given group, and "subjective" strains, which refer to events and conditions which are disliked by the people who have experienced them. Agnew argues that there is only partial overlap between objective and subjective strains, since many people do not subjectively evaluate the objective strains they experience in a negative manner. Further, Agnew argues that subjective strains should be more strongly associated with crime, since they are more likely to generate the negative emotions that lead to crime. This article tests Agnew's arguments with data from a sample of Italian youth. The results provide some support for Agnew, suggesting that many people do not evaluate the objective strains they experience in a negative manner and that subjective strains are more strongly associated with crime than are objective strains. These findings have important implications for the research on general strain theory.

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