1.)Apply Strain Theory to the episode of Cocaine Cowboys
- After watching the show Cocaine Cowboys I can see the Strain Theory at full play here. As we can tell from the show it’s about two men who smuggle about over 100 tons of drugs worth around 2 billion dollars into the the US. The first thing that stood out to me within the show that I saw where the strain theory could be applied is the fact that they were trying to glamorize the violent and deadly lifestyle. They were showing what kind of money can be made and how much fun it could be in the process. Obviously this can be aimed towards anyone but it definiltey will stick out to the people of lower income classes. This being said this is a pressure of a social factor because these lower income classes are seeing this type of money income so they are being pressured into committing these crimes not really thinking of the consequences.
