Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In early criminological theories, the unit of analysis was the individual criminal.
2. According to anomie/strain theory, individuals who accept traditional goals but reject the accepted means of achieving them are known as retreatists.
3. According to Émile Durkheim, the development of modern urban-industrial societies has resulted in changing norms, confusion, and lessened social control over the individual.
4. Émile Durkheim insisted on primacy of groups and social organizations in understanding human behavior.
5. A moral confusion or breakdown in mores or a gap between goals and means in society is referred to as strain.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
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