______ proposes a relationship between cultural messages about consumption and deviance. It asserts that deviance will be higher in societies where there is a mismatch between what people are expected to be able to purchase and what they are actually able to afford; these societies will have higher rates of deviance than societies without large gaps between cultural expectations and economic ability.

Structural contradiction theory proposes a relationship between cultural messages about consumption and deviance. It asserts that deviance will be higher in societies where there is a mismatch between what people are expected to be able to purchase and what they are actually able to afford; these societies will have higher rates of deviance than societies without large gaps between cultural expectations and economic ability.

A structural theory may be defined as one which tends to organize a set of propositions and in the realm of the natural sciences,

Structural contradiction theory argues that conflicts generated by fundamental contradictions in the structure of society produce deviance laws defining certain deviant acts as criminal.