In Strain Theory, which group consists of people who accept culturally approved goals but use unconventional or illegitimate methods to reach them?

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7 Jul 2019
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According to Strain Theory, innovators are individuals who embrace societal success goals but resort to deviant or non-traditional means to achieve these goals. Ritualists abandon the goals but follow the accepted means; retreatists reject both goals and means; rebels seek to replace goals and means; conformists accept both goals and means.

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