Which phrase best applies to institutional anomie theory?
a. Contends that the particular form of illegal conduct is significantly afunction of the structure of opportunity
b. Sets forth the core theme that competition for limited resources in asociety, such as American society that puts such central emphasis upon thegoal of individual monetary success, will promote crime
c. Illegal behavior arises as a means of combating the strain caused by anenduring situation in a society in which a generalized goal of materialsuccess is promoted, but the means to achieve such success legitimatelyare not equally distributed
d. A social psychological syndrome of experiencing negative emotionsarising from strains (or negative dimensions) in one's environment
B
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a. Conflict oriented b. Economic compulsive c. pharmacological d. systemic