‘Goal blockage’ is defined as the failure of achieving justice goals; the ‘loss of positively valued stimuli’ often occurs when parents divorce, or friends or romantic partner died; and the ‘presentation of negative stimuli’ often occurs when people experienced physical assaults (Agnew, 1992). From these types of stains, goal blockage is similar to Merton’s theory of stain, which emphasis on the stress between cultural goals and means. The general strain theory pays more attention on the socio-psychological factors and the social environment. Furthermore, according to Agnew (1992), further studies found that not any of the strain experienced by youth led to deviance. Thus, he expanded his theory and argued that when people ‘are seen as high in magnitude’, ‘are seen as unjust’, ‘are connected with low social control’, and ‘create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping’, their strains are most likely transform to crime (Agnew, 2011, cited in Skinner,
‘Goal blockage’ is defined as the failure of achieving justice goals; the ‘loss of positively valued stimuli’ often occurs when parents divorce, or friends or romantic partner died; and the ‘presentation of negative stimuli’ often occurs when people experienced physical assaults (Agnew, 1992). From these types of stains, goal blockage is similar to Merton’s theory of stain, which emphasis on the stress between cultural goals and means. The general strain theory pays more attention on the socio-psychological factors and the social environment. Furthermore, according to Agnew (1992), further studies found that not any of the strain experienced by youth led to deviance. Thus, he expanded his theory and argued that when people ‘are seen as high in magnitude’, ‘are seen as unjust’, ‘are connected with low social control’, and ‘create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping’, their strains are most likely transform to crime (Agnew, 2011, cited in Skinner,