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Structural theories have a shared emphasis on poverty as a criminogenic social condition.

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Structural explanations are particularly useful for explaining variation in crime rates across social groups and locations.

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Durkheim felt that anomie,or _____,results when people's aspirations become uncontrolled and unfulfilled.

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