Keith, Mike, and Paul continuously find themselves making poor decisions that lead to law breaking behaviors and suspensions from school. Because they are lower class, Cloward and Ohlin would argue that the boys have limited means to achieving their goals. This in turn leads to their poor decision making. The theory that best describes this situation is ______.

A. differential opportunity
B. reaction formation
C. differential formation
D. anomie


Answer: A

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