Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Structural theorists are interested in seeking the social causes of crime rates, rather than why particular individuals commit crime.
2. Durkheim argued that crime is normal, inevitable, and socially useful.
3. Shaw and McKay noted that the majority of delinquents always came from the same neighborhood regardless of the ethnic composition of those neighborhoods.
4. According to strain theory, individuals who accept traditional goals, but reject the accepted means of achieving them, are known as rebels.
5. According to general strain theory, we all experience multiple strains throughout our lives, but the impact of strain differs according to its magnitude, recency, duration, and clustering.


1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True

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