Crossword 4

4. The institutional-anomie theory is a ____-level theory as it seeks to explain why US has a higher rate of serious crime than other developed nations.
5. America’s national bird
8. The name of Cohen’s theory influenced by Merton: ____ ____
9. Merton’s anomie theory can only explain ____ crimes.
10. According to Agnew, strain has an ____ effect on crime.
11. The negative emotion most likely to lead to criminal behavior, according to Agnew
13. Accepting culturally-defined goals AND the institutional means
15. People who choose this mode of adaptation seek to reform the system by creating their own goals and means.

1. Breakdown in social norms caused by excessive emphasis on economic success
2. The only criminal adaptation to strain
3. Pressure produced by the disconnect between cultural expectations and what society makes possible
6. Anomie and deviance are mutually ____.
7. The mode of adaptation that involves withdrawing from society
12. The mode of adaptation that involves rejecting culturally-defined goals but accepting the institutional means
14. The theorist who developed general strain theory: Robert ____