Anomie refers to a

A. model that serves as a measuring rod against which actual cases can be evaluated.
B. classification scheme containing two or more categories.
C. type of suicide that is based on depression.
D. loss of direction that is felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.


Answer: D

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