Which of the following refers to Durkheim's notion on the loss of direction felt by individuals when social control becomes ineffective?

A. Functionalism
B. Social constraint
C. Communion
D. Anomie


Answer: D. Anomie

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a. Scots. b. Germans. c. blacks. d. Japanese.

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The Geneva Conventions reached between 1864 and 1949, provide rules for the conduct of war.

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

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Which of the following approaches global inequality by examining the relationships between nations and how all nations are tied together within a global economy?

A. world systems analysis B. modernization theory C. capitalist theory D. dependency theory

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__________ is a legal violation in which the people involved are consenting adults and the criminal act has no apparent victim and causes no evident harm

a. White-collar crime b. Public order crime c. Corporate crime d. Cyber-crime

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