Social Strain theorist Robert Merton hypothesized that organized crime was:
A) ?the result of sociopathic opportunism.
B) ?adaptive innovation by educationally and financially disadvantaged elements.
C) ?a normal response to pressures exerted on certain persons by the social structure.
D) ?an abnormal response to peer pressure exerted by one's own ethnic group.
C
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