Social Control Theory Is Based on the Assumptions That

question 50

Multiple Choice

Social control theory is based on the assumptions that

• A) most people feel some impulse toward deviance but that their attachment to a common value system keeps them from acting on those impulses.
• B) those with the most power in society define deviance and that they use supposed deviance to exclude others from power.
• C) deviance is a result of labeling and thus naturally leads to the need for mass incarceration.
• D) deviants agree with the goals of society but are blocked from achieving them through legitimate means.

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