Sarah is from a poor neighborhood where jobs are scarce. She wants to acquire material possessions that she cannot afford, so she becomes a prostitute in order to earn some tax-free cash and buy those possessions she wishes she could have, even though what she does is illegal. Sarah is adapting to anomie in what way?

a. Innovation
b. Ritualism
c. Retreatism
d. Rebellion


a

Sociology

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Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

Sociology