The Z Files
Calling all crime enthusiasts! The Z Files podcast is your space to learn the nitty gritty details about crime in order to improve your personal safety, remove anxiety about victimization, and satisfy that weird curiosity we all have about law breakers. Criminology and Sociology professor Tiffany Zhang exposes the anatomy of all things criminal from shoplifting to wrongful convictions to crimes of the government. Episodes will cover the mafia, torture in the US, the CIA, juvenile delinquency, wrongful convictions, exonerations, white collar crime, environmental crime, health crimes, mass shooters, and general information about the criminal justice system. Download an Episode and subscribe to the channel to keep the episodes coming!
The Z Files
Welcome to Class-Explaining Class with Strain Theory
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Strain Theory explains criminal behavior as an illegal response to stress from society. The theorist Robert Merton originally designed the theory to describe crimes with financial motives, but as you will hear in our discussion, we believe it is applicable to many other forms of crime including torture and homicide.