Chapter 10 Considering an “Alternative Capacity to Desire”: Institutional Anomie Theory, the American Dream, and the Ontological Turn

2018 ◽  
pp. 177-196
Author(s):  
James B. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
American Dream ◽  
Institutional Anomie Theory ◽  
Anomie Theory ◽  
Ontological Turn

scholarly journals Institutional Anomie Theory and Cybercrime—Cybercrime and the American Dream, Now Available Online

2021 ◽  
pp. 104398622110015
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Dearden ◽  
Katalin Parti ◽  
James Hawdon
Keyword(s):  
American Dream ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Online Behavior ◽  
Institutional Anomie Theory ◽  
Anomie Theory ◽  
American Capitalism ◽  
Criminological Theories

As the world becomes increasingly connected and interdependent upon technology, crimes are moving online. Research on cybercrime is beginning to test the applicability of traditional criminological theories for understanding crime in this new medium. Using a national sample of 215 self-admitted cybercriminals, we examine Messner and Rosenfeld’s institutional anomie theory. Negative binomial regressions reveal that expressed levels of institutional anomie correlate with increased cybercrime activity. A curvilinear relationship was found, such that low and high levels of institutional anomie lead to higher levels of cybercrime. Our findings reveal how the dark side of the American Dream can lead to online criminality. Specifically, the penetration of, and accommodation to economic values dictated by American capitalism can lead individuals to adopt values such as the fetishism of money that, in turn, affects their online behavior and criminality.

Perceived marketization in Poland: Translating key concepts of institutional anomie theory to the micro level

2021 ◽  
pp. 147737082199685
Author(s):  
Jacek Bieliński ◽  
Andreas Hövermann
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Institutional Anomie Theory ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Anomie Theory ◽  
Representative Random Sample ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The Individual

Institutional anomie theory (IAT) describes the potentially criminogenic impact of economically dominated social institutions. Although originally cast at the macro level of society, more efforts have emerged lately to capture the IAT framework on the individual level, resulting in a need for appropriate measures representing the presumed marketization processes. Our study addresses this need by offering a theoretically derived, comprehensive measure of the individual-level instantiation of an anomic culture depicted in IAT, that is, ‘marketized mentality’. Structural equation models testing for the single higher-order factor marketized mentality are calculated with a representative random sample of Poland’s population. Finally, the implications and limitations resulting from the analyses are discussed.

Market Changes and Market Anomie

2020 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Stephen Farrall ◽  
Susanne Karstedt
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equations ◽  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Institutional Anomie Theory ◽  
The Core ◽  
Anomie Theory ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Developments ◽  
Market Changes

This chapter uses the core concepts of institutional anomie theory, one of the most exciting theoretical developments in criminology of the recent past, to explain why people commit crimes in the marketplace. This theory in particular models neo-liberal changes to markets that affect the relationship between state and markets, consumption patterns, and citizenship. Modelling relies on structural equations and explores these processes and their impact on the three regions.

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