Numerous Research Efforts Have Supported the Core Principles of Differential

question 61

Multiple Choice

Numerous research efforts have supported the core principles of differential association. The research generally show a correlation between having deviant parents and friends, holding deviant attitudes, and:

• A) committing deviant acts.
• B) prison length.
• C) broken homes.
• D) negative marriages.

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Karl Marx

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