The punishment Nelson Mandela received for speaking out against apartheid in South Africa supports the idea that:

a. anyone is capable of committing an act of deviance
b. most forms of deviance do not involve violations of written law
c. not all deviance involves violent crime
d. populations have different definitions of what constitutes deviant behavior


D

Sociology

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Sociology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

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A. totalitarian organization B. coercive organization C. normative organization D. utilitarian organization

Sociology

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A. religion B. peers C. teachers D. parents

Sociology