Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Cloward and Ohlin’s primary contribution to the field of criminology was their basic premise that some crime can be attributed to social disorganization.
2. According to Cloward and Ohlin’s differential opportunity theory, retreatist subcultures develop in stable slum neighborhoods in which a hierarchy of available criminal opportunities exists.
3. According to the routine activities theory, working-class juveniles will choose one or another type of subcultural (gang) adjustment to their anomic situation depending on the availability of illegitimate opportunity structures in their neighborhood.
4. The victim subculture occurs in stable neighborhoods in which a hierarchy of available criminal opportunities exists.
5. The “Chicago School” was well-known for its armchair theorizing; few of its researchers ever ventured into the field.
1. False
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. False
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