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Do a Library search for an articles about Robert Merton's Structural Strain Theory. This theory talks about the kinds of responses that one might expect when the "normal" legitimate means to acquiring the "good" stuff in life is blocked. The block can be deliberate or the result of social structure. What advice would you have for any individual who exhibits these responses?

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