Theory Of Deviance
In the extreme circumstance of a mother killing her own children, what theory of deviance could possibly explain such an act. The most likely theory of deviance which could explain why a mother would kill her children would be among the strain theories. The bases of the strain theories are that some form of strain leads an individual to act defiantly. This would mean that a mother who killed her children would most likely do so out of some form of dispersion. Perhaps a mother would kill their children because they were about to be homeless, and the mother believed that here kids would be better off dead then live on the streets. Another possible strain would be because their child was the byproduct of an abusive husband or rapist, and that