Assignment:
1.Identify sources of strain in your own lives and discuss how these negative affective states have influenced your behavior.
2.What if you are a school counselor in an impoverished neighborhood and deal with chronically delinquent underprivileged youth? How do you best serve this population? Use your knowledge of Subcultural theories to influence your answer.
3.What do you think of the Social Disorganization Theory and its historical roots? In your mind, does it stack up to other criminological theories? Why or why not?