Many people turn to crime because they were raised in poverty, or choose to drop out of school, or have a peer group that supports criminal behavior. This shows __________.

A. Durkheim's study did not go far enough
B. social problems are difficult to define
C. social problems are often closely interrelated
D. the fallacy of the sociological imagination


Answer: C

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