CRIME

AND DEVIANCE
II
Robert K Merton
 Elements of Social and Cultural Structure
•  Culturally Defined Goals, purposes and interests- A frame of
aspirational references.

“Designs for group living”

•  Second phase defines, regulates and controls the means of
achieving these goals.

•  Conformity- Acceptance of both goals and means.

•  Innovation- acceptance of goals and culture but rejection of

culturally defines goals. Mafia.

•  Ritualism- rejection of culturally defined goals but routinized

acceptance of the means to achieve it.

•  Retreatism- Involves the rejection of both.

•  Rebellion- ‘special case’

•  Rejects both
•  Actively attempts to replace both elements of the society.