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

1. The same things that predict an increase in collective efficacy are the same things that predict an increase in social disorganization.
2. Those who reject both cultural goals and the institutionalized means of attaining them are known as retreatists.
3. Anomie is a term meaning normlessness.
4. Agnew and his colleagues found that individuals with low levels of negative emotionality and high levels of constraint were most likely to respond to strain with criminal behavior.
5. Retreatist gang members are more escapist in their attitudes than conflict gang members in that almost all of the abuse drugs and/or alcohol.


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

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