Instead of Solely Examining Background Factors, What Does the Sociologist

question 6

Multiple Choice

Instead of solely examining background factors, what does the sociologist Jack Katz think sociologists should study when trying to understand deviance?

• A) the deviant's own experience of committing a deviant act
• B) the correlation between deviance and poverty
• C) the way deviance tends to be handed down through generations
• D) the role poverty plays in encouraging deviance
• E) the hidden correlation between crime and marital status

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