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Merton - Functionalist Theories of Crime & Deviance

Level:: A-Level

Board:: AQA

Last updated 30 Nov 2022

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The contribution of Robert Merton to theories of crime and deviance - and in particularly strain theory - is explored in this video.

Functionalist Theories of Crime & Deviance - Merton

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