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Poverty is one of the concepts that has been used in many of the theories in Criminology. This assignment will have you compare how poverty has been used in anomie/strain theories versus social disorganization theories.
Robert Merton wrote that "poverty as such, and consequent limitation of opportunity, are not sufficient to induce a conspicuously high rate of criminal behavior" (as quoted in Criminological Theory: Past to Present, 5th edition, Francis T. Cullen and Robert Agnew (eds.), 2013).
•Explain what Merton meant by this statement. Describe the role of poverty in his theory.
•Discuss the ways in which this role is similar to and different from the role that poverty plays in social disorganization theories. Use examples to substantiate your response.
Respond to the above in 800 words without counting words in the reference page and in APA format note intext citation, page and paragraph is needed.