Cloward and Ohlin have argued that deviant behavior in a situation of anomie is not automatic. According to Cloward and Ohlin, what motivates deviance in response to anomie?

a. feeling a lack of legitimate choices for success
b. repeated observation of others achieving success through deviant means
c. a biological or physiological predisposition
d. experiencing psychological trauma as a child
e. a lack of will power to resist the deviant influence of others


B

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