In the chapter “Teenage wasteland” (posted in Blackboard), the author discusses the field work she conducted with teenage outcasts in suburban areas of the US which were undergoing social and economic change during the 1980s. Please explain how Durkheim’s anomie theory, Merton’s strain theory, or Agnew’s general strain theory is illustrated in the chapter. How can one of these theories explain the delinquent behavior of the teens?
Please be detailed and precise in your analysis, connecting ideas from the theory to specific passages or examples in the “Teenage Wasteland” chapter. You should also reference chapter 5 of Posick when defining the particular theory (or theories) you apply in the analysis.
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