Anomie refers to a

A. classification scheme containing two or more categories.
B. model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated.
C. loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.
D. type of suicide that is based on depression.


Answer: C

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