The youthful toughs who ran a school for pickpockets in Dickens' novel Oliver Twist are an example of which theory of deviance?

a. cultural-conflict theory
b. differential association
c. labeling theory
d. sociobiology


B

Sociology

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a. having similar basic interests, and thus form a cooperative whole. b. having different but complementary interests, making people dependent on one another. c. having different and conflicting interests.

Sociology

In Mexican cultures, the concept of __________ stresses male attributes such as dominance, assertiveness, pride, and sexual prowess

A) familism B) machismo C) compadrazgo D) vigilantism

Sociology

What is the primary difference between the social and natural sciences?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

In what was then Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999, 10 000 ethnic Albanians were victims of _____________ by their Serbian neighbours.

a. assimilation b. ethnic cleansing c. fratricide d. cultural cleansing

Sociology