My 1985 article presented a revised strain theory, which stated that delinquency results from
the blockage of pain-avoidance behavior as well as the blockage of goal-seeking behavior�…

Current strain theories argue that delinquency results from the blockage of goal-seeking
behavior. Unable to achieve valued goals, individuals become frustrated and may turn to�…

Individual-level studies are relevant to strain theory because they compare individuals who
are experiencing goal blockage to those who are not. Most individual-level studies, in�…

Abstract Pressured Into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory by Robert Agnew
provides an overview of general strain theory, one of the leading explanations of crime and�…

Merton's macro-level theory of “social structure and anomie” has evolved into an individual-
level “strain theory” that roots crime in the experience of blocked access to desired success�…

The strain theories of Merton, Cohen, and Cloward and Ohlin do not assert an individual
relationship between crime and frustration. The theories assert an aggregate relation�…

This paper tests Agnew's (1992) general strain theory (GST) of crime and delinquency. GST
argues that strain occurs when others (1) prevent or threaten to prevent you from achieving�…

Strain theory has recently been reformulated into a theory of broader scope. In this
revitalized version, called general strain theory, strain is hypothesized to have three distinct�…

This paper argues that social-psychological strain theory is a broad theory with a
fundamental role to play in the explanation of crime and delinquency. 1 First, there is a brief�…

Recently a revisionist view of strain theory's empirical adequacy has emerged which holds
that the theory's explanatory power depends on how it is operationalized. With an adult�…