The theory that argues that individuals react more strongly to economic control if their own internal controls are weak particularly in terms of morality which allows for violence to be used to expedite their goals is:
a. Chaos theory.
b. Situational action theory.
c. Seductions of crime.
d. Institutional anomie theory.
Answer: d
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