Structural Strain Theory In The Holocaust

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This paper will consist of the explanation of the “Structural Strain Theory” of the Holocaust. The structural strain theory examines the social and culture structure. The Holocaust had a couple different cultures and social outlooks based on their ethnicity, or location they were from. The Holocaust had the separation of Jews, Polish, and the Nazis. With this separation it held different conditions and lifestyles for each particular group and the way they can properly function to do their own culture or social practices. This theory bases the deviances to the living conditions of each group on how much goods, supplies, and or shelter they have to achieve their goals.
The Holocaust was the time period when Adolf Hitler was in control of the territory of Germany and wanted the extinction of the Jews. The Holocaust was a very vigorous on the Jews because they were treated the worst and had the worst living conditions. The Holocaust derived the Jews of their wealth, and little bit of humanity that they held dear to themselves. Adolf Hitler established laws to make it basically illegal to be a Jew in Germany. Since Adolf Hitler was in power he commanded that all Jews properties and valuables be taken. For example, in the book “Maus” it states, “He had to sell his business to a German and run out from the country without even the money.”( …show more content…

Merton to describe the relations of deviance and criminals. The deviances are the ones that just don’t believe in the customs at all and do as they please or what they must to survive. The criminals are the ones that accept the customs of the society, but still decide to break the rules. The Holocaust caused all groups different ways of achieving their goals due to the amount of resources they were equipped with. The cultural goals are always based on the atmosphere of the particularly situation at hand and what equip you have at

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