A socioeconomically disadvantaged teenager decides that she must resort to crime in order to buy some clothes she wants.This illustrates:

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The concept of innovation in strain theory suggests that individuals who are unable to attain societal goals through legitimate means may turn to illegitimate means, such as crime, in order to achieve their goals. In this scenario, the teenager's desire for new clothes represents a societal goal, and her resorting to crime is an example of innovation. Retreatism involves both rejecting societal goals and the means of achieving them, rebellion involves rejecting societal goals and creating alternative goals and means for achieving them, and ritualism involves rejecting societal goals but continuing to follow the means of achieving them.

A Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Teenager Decides That She Must Resort to Crime