When control/critical theorists look at deviant behavior, they focus on:

a. how people interact and define the world around them
b. how deviance fulfills certain purposes from the macro view of society
c. how inequality causes the less powerful to engage in deviant and criminal acts because they have few ways of succeeding in society
d. how individuals learn deviant behavior from family members and friends


c. how inequality causes the less powerful to engage in deviant and criminal acts because they have few ways of succeeding in society

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