According to Merton strain theory, Joe will be classified as an innovator. Merton strain theory asserts that individuals become deviant when they fail to achieve their goals by legitimate means.
An innovator is an individual who believes that every individual is not able to achieve their goal through legal means and hence they turn to crime, they are individuals who accept the normal goals of society such as being successful or wealthy but reject but reject the legitimate means of achieving these calls.
The other types of deviance according to Merton are; conformity, ritualism, retreatism and rebellion
The answer is letter a. Big business should be regulated by
government. Many progressives believed
that when big business runs unchecked not only does it destroy smaller
businesses but also increases the gap between the rich and the poor because it
tends to take all the profits leaving those who worked so hard with very
little. Sometimes big business left
unchecked can also resort to unlawful business operations that destroy lives.
