_______ combines the effects of social disorganization and strain to explain how people living in deteriorated neighborhoods react to social isolation and economic deprivation.

a. Social ecology theory
b. Cultural deviance theory
c. Cultural transmission theory
d. Social association theory


Answer: b. Cultural deviance theory

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