How Would a Social Disorganization Theorist Explain the Crime of Bank

question 21

Multiple Choice

How would a social disorganization theorist explain the crime of bank robbery?

• A) The offender must have come from a community that lacked informal social controls.
• B) The offender engaged in innovation to reach a legitimate goal through illegitimate means.
• C) The offender was influenced by America's strong cultural emphasis on economic success.
• D) The offender did not have coping mechanisms in place to adequately deal with their negative emotions.

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Definitions:

Economically Efficient

A situation where resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the net benefits to society or achieves the desired output with the least possible input.

Tragedy of the Commons

A scenario where individuals, guided solely by their personal gain, independently exploit or degrade communal assets, despite such actions being against the collective long-term benefits.

Grazing Land

Land used for the purpose of raising livestock, where animals feed on naturally grown grasses and other plants.

Tragedy of the Commons

A situation where individual users, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil shared resources through their collective action.