The anomie theory of deviance was created by ________.
A. Robert Merton
B. Edwin Sutherland
C. Howard Becker
D. Émile Durkheim
Answer: A
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The country of Duligan is undergoing major changes in its health-care system. Many interest groups have begun to propagate the community treatment approach for the treatment of the mentally ill
As a result, the government was forced to open many community health centers. Consequently, many mentally ill people began to be treated in these community centers than in psychiatric wards of mental hospitals. This shift in the treatment of the mentally ill is known as ________. a. primary deviance b. mechanization c. deinstitutionalization d. preventive medicine
The term _____ refers to illegal or unethical acts involving the usurpation of power by government officials or illegal/unethical acts perpetrated against the government by outsiders seeking to make a political statement, undermine the government, or overthrow it
a. occupational (white-collar) crime b. political crime c. legislative crime d. corporate crime
More than half of U.S. employees are actively looking for a new job.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
From a(n) _____ perspective, unequal education is used to separate different groups and benefit those in the middle and upper classes.
A. functionalist B. conflict C. symbolic interactionist D. interpretivist