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

1. Near the end of the 1950s, the unfair and inequitable treatment of underprivileged individuals in society was becoming a widespread concern for many Americans.
2. Lemert provided a concise, working definition of deviance that was lacking from labeling theory in general.
3. The primary focus of critical-radical theories is power and the use of that power.
4. Left realism contends that previous criminological theories have been incomplete in that they lack one side of the square of crime.
5. Labeling theory is not overly concerned with questions of why an individual engages in deviant behavior.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True

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