Research on social strain theory indicates that:
a. crime results from changing norms and values that accompany shifts to urbanization and industrialization.
b. rehabilitation and treatment can make society a better place.
c. the police need to patrol crime-ridden communities more regularly to lower crime rates.
d. effects of economic pressures and income inequality are mediated through key social institutions such as the family and education.
e. all of the above.
d. effects of economic pressures and income inequality are mediated through key social institutions such as the family and education.
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