Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Strain may prevent one from achieving positively valued goals.
2. Theories that view the type of crime as owing to various forms of delinquent subcultures are referred to as general strain theories.
3. Maliciousness is expressed in a general disdain for middle-class values or objects and a negative reaction to such values.
4. Albert Cohen suggested that lower-class delinquency is shaped by the availability of both illegitimate and legitimate opportunities.
5. Cohen viewed lower-class delinquency as nonutilitarian, malicious, and negativistic.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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