This sixth volume Advances in Criminological Theory is testimony to a resurgent interest in anomie-strain theory which began in the mid-1980s and continues unabated into the 1990s. Contributors focus on the new body of empirical research and theorizing that has been added to the anomie tradition that extends from Durkheim to Merton. The first section is a major 75-page statement by Robert K. Merton examining the development of the anomie-and-opportunity-struc-ture paradigm and its significance to criminology. The Legacy of Anomie Theory assesses the theory's continuing usefulness explains the relevance of Merton's concept of goals/means disparity as a psychological mechanism in the explanation of delinquency and compares strain theory with social control theory. A macrosociological theoretical formulationis used to explain the association between societal development and crime rates. In other chapters anomie is used to explain white-collar crime and to explore the symbiotic relationship between Chinese gangs and adult criminal organizations within the cultural economic and political context of the American-Chinese community. Contributors include: David F. Greenberg Sir Leon Radzinowicz Richard Rosenfeld Steven F. Messner David Weisburd Ellen Chayet Ko-lin Chin Jeffrey Pagan John P. Hoffmann Timothy Ireland S. George Vincent-nathan Michael J. Lynch W. Byron Groves C. Ray Jeffery Gilbert Geis Thomas J. Bernard Nikos Passas Robert Agnew Gary F. Jensen Deborah V. Cohen Elin Waring and Bonnie Berry. The Legacy of Anomie Theory \s important for criminologists sociologists psychologists and other professionals seeking to understand crime and violence in culture.|The Legacy of Anomie Theory | Criminology
