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

1. Robert Agnew used general strain theory to examine strain at a macro level.
2. By not being exposed to mainstream individuals and institutions, socially isolated people tend to develop their own norms.
3. In Lombroso’s view, “Negro” women and “Red Indian” women were seen as manly looking, which contributed to their criminality.
4. Robert Merton never addressed race in his strain theory.
5. Emile Durkheim used the term anomie to refer to a state of normlessness or lack of social regulation in modern society.


1.F
2.T
3.T
4.F
5.T

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