A group of protestors appeals their arrest on the grounds that police officers overstepped their authority. The case goes to court. This scenario best illustrates which of these functions of deviance?
a. Deviance clarifies rules
b. Deviance unites a group.
c. Deviance promotes social change.
d. Deviance prevents social chaos.
a
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