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For durkheim crime engages a functional role in the social structure, having an immense impact upon the strain theory in portraying a very critical and influential analysis on crime and the explanations of it. Durkheims work significantly influenced the Strain theory in that he illustrated the relationship between social structures, cultural context and individual action and linked it back to individualism and criminality within the social dimension (Henry,S Mark M Lanier (2004) Essential Criminology). Durkheims influence on the strain theory has been extremely broad in criminology and sociology, in that his view that social forces caused crime was extremely radical at the time (Robert K Merton (1949) Social theory and social structure). Emile durkheim's work not only influenced the strain theory but also influenced the Chicago school significantly. His thoughts influenced many, in an attempt to explain the reasons and explanations of criminality; he revealed the idea of the many...

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