Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. One concern with the “broken windows” approach to social control is the fear that police will use it to target people in these neighborhoods even when they have done nothing.
2. Conflict/critical theorists focus on how inequalities cause some of the less powerful individuals in society to engage in deviant and criminal acts because they have few, if any, other ways of succeeding in society.
3. Part of the interactionist perspective, as it pertains to deviance, is the interpretation of symbols and the interactions between people.
4. Labeling theory is concerned with the reactions, actions, and interactions of social control agents who label the person as deviant.
5. In labeling theory, secondary deviance involves early random acts of deviant behavior.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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