Outline the key components of classical strain theory citing the reading.
1) In no more than 100 words, outline the key components of classical strain theory, citing the reading.
2) Listen to season 2, episode 1 of the podcast “Serial,” linked to below. (This season of the podcast is about Beau Bergdahl, a soldier who left his post (“went AWOL”) in Afghanistan while stationed there, and who consequently spent 5 years in the hands of the Taliban.)
3) In the military, going “AWOL” is a crime. How can we use classical strain theory to explain Berghdahl’s crime? For each component of strain theory, you discussed in your answer to question 1 above, find evidence/an example of it in Bergdahl’s case as discussed in the podcast. Limit this section of the analysis to no more than 400 words.
The analysis will be graded on the quality of its analysis, its thoroughness in addressing the questions above, and the writing’s clarity.
Link: https://serialpodcast.org/season-two
transcript of the podcast: https://serialpodcast.org/season-two/1/dustwun/transcript
The scan pdf file came from this book “Researching Theories of crime and Deviance” written by Charles E. Kubrin, Thomas D. Stucky, and Marvin D. Krohn.
Please cite the reading.
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