What theories are there for anti-social behaviour?
anti-social behaviour= deviant behaviour. just search for theories of deviance on google… there are many… (1) functionalist theory : Eg: Durkheim and Merton’s theories (a) Merton’s theory of deviance: Merton’s theory on deviance stems from his 1938 analysis of the relationship between culture, structure and anomie. Merton defines culture as an “organized set of normative values governing behavior which is common to members of a designated society or group.” Social structures are the “organized set of social relationships in which members of the society or group are variously implicated.” [8] Anomie, state of normlessness, then occurs when there is “an acute disjunction between the cultural norms and goals and the socially structured capacities of members of the group to act in accord with them.” [8] In his theory, Merton links anomie with deviance and argues that the discontinuity between culture and structure have the dysfunctional consequence of leading to deviance within society
