Sociology Syllabus Topic-Paper-1 [Sociological Thinkers] { Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups} Paper-2 [Challenges of Social transformation] { religious revivalism. deprivation and inequalities}
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Illegitimate opportunities is a sociology theory developed in 1960 by Richard Cloward and Lloyd Ohlin. The theory states that crimes result from a high number of illegitimate opportunities and not from a lack of legitimate ones. The theory was created from Merton's strain theory to help address juvenile delinquency.
Illegitimate Opportunities give rise to Criminal Subculture and Pecuniary crime is more likely to develop in Criminal Subculture
Where an Illegitimate Opportunity Structure is not there and CriminalSubculture is also not there. this will develop an alternate Subculture namely Conflict Subculture. Non-pecuniary crime is more likely to develop in Conflict subcultures
Try to connect the above article to pecuniary and non-pecuniary deviance. Introspect the reason for both types of deviance and the difference between them
Significantly, there is a sigh of relief in a large section of Indian society, as the PFI was known to have suspected links with a couple of foreign countries. As far as credible reports go, Turkey and Qatar have come to prominent notice in funding(Pecuniary Deviance) the PFI leadership and cadres in India
