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What is Merton's Anomie Theory

Chapter 19
Handbook of Research on Cyber Approaches to Public Administration and Social Policy
A theory based on a thought that the uneven distribution of income and inequality of opportunity in education in the USA cause tension in society.
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The Economic Anomie and Crime in Turkey
Ismet Nezih Abanoz (Yalova University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3380-5.ch019
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate the anomic situation and crime in Turkey. For this, it has been tested whether there is a correlation between crimes and poverty, gini coefficients, and crude divorce rates. According to the results found by the panel data analysis method, there has been a linear correlation between the crime rates and variables such as crude divorce rate, gini coefficient, and poverty in Turkey between 2008-2019. In the study, when there is a one-unit increase in the crude divorce rate, the average number of crimes per thousand people increases by 0.68.
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