1. What is the “American Dream” and what does it look like today? What material goods are indicative that someone has reached peak success?

2. Discuss one goal you have set for yourself but you have not achieved. Have you experienced strain in trying to achieve this goal? How have you adapted to the strain?

3. In your own words describe why Emile Durkheim believed crime is needed. Do you agree?

Find an academic journal article that examines General Strain theory. Remember to cite this article.

4. What are the independent and dependent variables and how were they measured?

5. What was the main finding behind this article?