Crossword 4

2. The theorist who developed general strain theory: Robert ____
4. According to Agnew, strain has an ____ effect on crime.
5. 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.
7. Merton’s anomie theory can only explain ____ crimes.
9. The process of using thoughts and behaviors to manage stressful situations
11. The name of Cohen’s theory influenced by Merton: ____ ____
13. The mode of adaptation that involves withdrawing from society
15. Breakdown in social norms caused by excessive emphasis on economic success
16. People who choose this mode of adaptation seek to reform the system by creating their own goals and means.

1. Anomie and deviance are mutually ____.
3. The only criminal adaptation to strain
6. The mode of adaptation that involves rejecting culturally-defined goals but accepting the institutional means
8. Accepting culturally-defined goals AND the institutional means
10. The negative emotion most likely to lead to criminal behavior, according to Agnew
12. America’s national bird
14. Pressure produced by the disconnect between cultural expectations and what society makes possible, according to Merton