In Response to Rioting in Their Neighborhood, Some Younger Residents

question 51

Multiple Choice

In response to rioting in their neighborhood, some younger residents agree to stay overnight in the homes of elderly people in the neighborhood who are unable, due to health reasons, to leave the area during the time of increased violence. Each night of rioting, a team of young adults visits the neighborhood elders and offers to stay overnight with them. Most elderly people accept the offer with relief. This example illustrates the power of deviance to

• A) overrule the desires of people in the minority
• B) shift power from the old to the young
• C) prevent an increase in crime by allowing people to "blow off" anger in smaller acts of deviance
• D) reinforce social bonds of those who oppose it

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